Allen Algernon Bathurst, Lord Apsley

Memorial: Badminton Memorial Hall - Hayes Lane

Regiment: Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

Medals: 1939–45 Star, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Territorial Force War Medal, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Major

Parents: Colonel Seymour Henry Bathurst, C.M.G., T.D., J.P., D.L., 7th Earl Bathurst and the Countess Bathurst (nee Borthwick)

Marital status: Married

Home address: Cirencester Park, Gloucestershire

Date of birth: 03/08/1895

Place of birth: Gloucestershire

Date of death: 17/12/1942

Buried/Commemorated at: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery (Prot. Sec. (Officers). Plot E. Coll Grave 4.)

Age: 47

Further information:

He married Viola Emily Mildred Meeking Lady Apsley, C.B.E in 1924. She succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Bristol Central.

1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, British Army

Served in the First World War 1915-1919. Achieved his MA from Christchurch Oxford in 1919 and became a JP. He was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Gloucestershire; Member of Parliament for Southampton, 1922-1929, and Bristol, 1931-1942 and President of the United Kingdom Pilots' Association. He also held many more distinguished roles in Civilian life see https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/fallen-alumni/major-lord-allen-algernon-bathurst-apsley and was a father to two sons.
In 1942 as well as Major in the 1st Gloucestershire Hussars he was also Colonel of The Arab Legion which he was commanding on Malta when he died. He was a passenger on a routine ferry flight, in RAF Halifax 138, to Gibraltar, when he was killed along with 16 others. The plane developed engine problems after take off and the pilot returned but crashed while attempting to land

Lord Apsley. Son of Colonel Seymour Henry Bathurst, C.M.G., T.D., J.P., D.L., 7TH Earl Bathurst, and of the Countess Bathurst (nee Borthwick), of Cirencester, Gloucestershire; husband of Lady Apsley, C.B.E (nee Meeking), of Cirencester

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/fallen-alumni/major-lord-allen-algernon-bathurst-apsley
http://aircrewremembered.com/dobromirski-krzysztof.html