Paul Aime Bourdillon
Memorial: Horton - St James the Elder Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Second Lieutenant
Parents: Rev. Francis Wright and Kathleen Bourdillon
Home address: 18 Richmond Terrace, Clifton, Bristol
Date of birth: 1899
Place of birth: Burdwan, Bengal, India
Date of death: 20/03/1919
Buried/Commemorated at: Tehran War Cemetery, (Spec. memorial No. 4.), Iraq
Age: 20
Further information:
Paul Aime Bourdillon was born in India in 1899. His parents, the Rev. Francis Wright and Kathleen Bourdillon, were missionaries. Paul's father was the vicar of Horton from 1914 to 1923. Before he went to India the Rev. Francis Wright had been an influential member of the Newlyn School of Artists in Cornwall
Paul Aime Bourdillon served with the Royal Engineers, Works Directorate and became a Second Lieutenant. Paul died on 20th March 1919 at the age of 20 years and is buried in Tehran War Cemetery, Iraq
Paul Aime Bourdllon is remembered on the Horton Church Plaque and also on the Chipping Sodbury and District Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Horton
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, CWGC and Forces War Records