Basic Details
Surname
Egerton-Warburton
Forenames
John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website states: ‘John was born on December 13th 1883, the elder son of Piers Egerton-Warburton of Arley Hall, Northwich, Cheshire and his wife Hon. Antoinette Elizabeth Saumarez. He was educated at Eton for whom he played cricket in the Eton X1 in the 1901 and 1902 seasons. He was up at Christ Church from 1902-04. In 1909, he married the Hon. Lettice Legh. They were living at 33 Eccleston St. London SW in 1911 and he was a “Lieutenant in the Army.” [Scots Guards] He was gazetted Captain in December 1914.
His father died in 1914, and in May 1915, John was wounded and was sent to the Manchester Military Hospital where he died from acute blood poisoning on August 30th. He is buried in the churchyard of St. Mary and All Saints, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire. His name is on the War Memorial at Appleton Thorn, Northwich and the MCC Memorial at Lords. His second child, Priscilla, was born on the following November 5th. He also had a daughter, Elizabeth, born in 1909. She inherited his estate, and married Desmond Flower, the 10th Viscount Ashbrook in 1934. She died in 2002.
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Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Manchester
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Great Budworth, Northwich
Cemetery
St. Mary and All Saints
Year of death
1915
Month of death
August
Day of death
30
Age at death
31
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds