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He was born at Neston, Cheshire, on 31 October 1887, the 2nd son of Reginald Bushell, who had pre-deceased him. He was educated at Rugby School (1901-1906) and then Corpus where he achieved a 3rd class degree in Modern History in 1909;however, he was also Secretary of the College Boat Club (1907-1908), its Captain (1908-1909), College Captain (1908) and Secretary of the Owlets (1908) and President of Owlets (1909). He left to work in a solicitor’s office in Liverpool was called to the Bar in the Inner Temple in 1911 but also served as a Special Reserve Officer in The Queen’s Regiment (Royal West Surrey Regiment) from 1912, hence he was mobilised on 4 August 1914. He was married on 24 August 1915 to Rachel, daughter of the Revd E. Lambert, at the Parish Church, Wye, and they had a daughter, born 15 June 1916. He served in France, August-September 1914, and then 1915-1918, was wounded twice (including once at the Battle of the Aisne, 1914), Mentioned in Dispatches in 1916 and 1917, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 1 January 1918 and won the Victoria Cross won on 23 March 1918, for his actions west of St Quentin Canal and North of Tergnier. The Christopher Bushell Prize of books, for Modern History undergraduates, established at Corpus in his name 1923.