Major Edmund Rochfort Street

Major Edmund Rochfort Street

Army Number: n/a

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards: D.S.O. (Distinguished Service Order)

Distinguished Service Medal
British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born in London, Ontario, Canada. Son of The Hon. W. P. R. (Judge of High Court, Ontario), and Eleanor Street, of 10, Mackenzie Avenue, Rosedale, Toronto, Canada. Gazetted 1898 Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment. Served in India and The South African Campaign, Resigned in 1906. Gazetted Captain in Sherwood Foresters, October 1914. Went to France on 6th March 1915. Awarded the D.S.O. (Distinguished Service Order) London Gazette 3rd July 1915, For conspicuous good work under heavy fire between 13th and 16th May 1915, near Le Touquet, and for going down a gassed mine to assist in the rescue of men. Died of wounds received at Montauban 15th October 1916, aged 40.

De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, 1914-1918

Buried: Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 7.

Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France.
Major Edmund Rochfort Street