Bamkin, HP
(1895 - 1915)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
29th March 1895
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1907 - 1914
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
109 Burton Road, Brixton
REGIMENT
7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
FINAL RANK:
2nd Lieutenant
DATE OF DEATH:
18th July 1915
AGE AT DEATH:
20
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
Ploegsteert
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery II B 3
2nd Lieutenant Harold Picton Bamkin
Harold was born on March 23rd 1895 to teacher Picton Bamkin and his wife, Lilian. He passed through the College, having joined as a member of the First Form, and left as a member of the Sixth. He was a member of the 2nd XV in his final year, as well as of the Shooting VIII in his final two, in his last year being top scorer at the Ashburton national schools competition.
After leaving Dulwich he had earned a scholarship to start at Jesus College, Oxford in September 1914, but because of the outbreak of war he joined the army instead. At first, he spent time training with the Inns of Court O.T.C. but was soon able to take up a commission in the Suffolk Regiment with whom he went to France in May 1915. He had been at the front for less than two months when, on July 18th, he was mortally wounded whilst part of a small party attempting to tap German phone lines in no man’s land.
