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John Ernest Bush |
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John Ernest Bush. Born 31st December 1859 Brislington, Bristol. He was commissioned, from the Militia, as a Second Lieutenant in the 106th
Bombay Light Infantry in 1880. He fought in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion DLI at
the Battle of Ginnis in 1885 and served in the Boer War in 1902 as Garrison
Adjutant at Orange River.
He was given command of 2 Durham Light Infantry from 1906 to 1910 and was made a Brigadier General in 1914. He commanded the York and Durham (150th) Brigade during the 2nd Battle of Ypres in 1915 until January 1916. He was awarded the Order of the Bath in 1916 and retired from the Army in 1917.
Above left John Ernest Bush in the 1879-80 Clifton XV photo. Above right Brig.-Gen. John Ernest Bush. Brother of James Arthur and Robert Edwin Bush. Born 31st December 1859. Clifton College 1870 - 1877.
In 1861 the Bush family lived at Weston Villa, Park Place, Weston-super-Mare. They were
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| Robert Bush | Head | 52 | Retired Major in the Army | Bristol |
| Emily A Bush | Wife | 39 | Cheshunt, Hertfordshire | |
| Henry F T Bush | Son | 15 | Tasmania | |
| Alfred G Bush | Son | 14 | Perth, Western Australia | |
| Mary A E Bush | Dau | 12 | Perth, Western Australia | |
| James A Bush | Son | 10 | Cawnpore, India | |
| Robert E Bush | Son | 5 | Redland, Gloucestershire | |
| James P Bush | Son | 3 | Brislington, Somerset | |
| Emily E F Bush | Dau | 2 | Brislington, Somerset | |
| John E Bush | Son | 2 | Brislington, Somerset | |
| Euphemia Sullivan Bush | Dau | 8 | Brislington, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth Hoggitt | Serv | 27 | Housemaid | Woolavington, Somerset |
| Harriet Parker | Serv | 25 | Nursemaid | Tiddesham, Gloucestershire |
| Rebecca Inailand | Serv | 26 | Cook Domestic | Wick, Gloucestershire |
Weston Villa is 2 Park Place and is now an office of the British Mountaineering Council
In 1871 the Bush family lived at 7 Rodney Place, Clifton. They were
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| Robert Bush | Head | 62 | Retired Major of Army & Landowner | Bristol |
| Emily Adria Bush | Wife | 49 | Cheshunt, Hertfordshire | |
| Henry Frederick Tobin Bush | Son | 25 | Merchant & Ensign of Volunteers | Tasmania |
| Alfred George De Lisle Bush | Son | 24 | Merchant | Western Australia |
| Mary Ann Eliza Bush | Dau | 22 | Western Australia | |
| James Arthur Bush | Son | 20 | Clerk to a Merchant | Bengal |
| Robert Edwin Bush | Son | 15 | Scholar | Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire |
| James Paul Bush | Son | 13 | Scholar | Brislington, Somerset |
| Emily Eliza Fanny Bush | Dau | 12 | Brislington, Somerset | |
| John Ernest Bush | Son | 12 | Scholar | Brislington, Somerset |
| Adria Georgina Bush | Dau | 9 | Brislington, Somerset | |
| Euphemia Sullivan Bush | Dau | 8 | Brislington, Somerset | |
| Mary Ann Bridget Dyer | Serv | 32 | Governess | Bristol |
| Emma Bartram | Serv | 24 | Housemaid | Stringston, Somerset |
| Emily Milson | Serv | 23 | Cook | St.Georges, Gloucestershire |
| Emily Day | Serv | 18 | Housemaid | Alveston, Gloucestershire |
| William Scott | Serv | 16 | Page | Bristol |
Above 7 Rodney Place, Clifton.
John Bush is part of a forthcoming book "Lions Led By Donkeys". See Centre For First World War Studies at Birmingham University click here
On June 9th 1917 his daughter married. The announcement in The Times on June 11th said
MR. W. L. MORRIS AND MISS BUSH
The marriage took place on Saturday, at the parish church, Tring, of Mr. William Lional Morris, Cadet Battalion, Berhamsted, only son of Mr. and Mrs. William Morris, of Penarth, and Miss Violet Joan Bush, only child of Brigadier-General J. E. Bush, C.B., and Mrs. Bush, of Westcroft, Tring.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white georgette trimmed with Limerick lace (the gift of her godmother, Mrs George Dickson), her only ornament being a diamond bracelet (the gift of her late grandmother, Mrs Henry Beverly).
There were no bridesmaids. Captain Edwin Clarke, of the bridegroom's batallion, was best man.
He died on 28th October 1943 at Berkhamsted.
On November 1st 1943 The Times wrote his obituary
BRIG.-GEN. J. E. BUSH
Brigadier-General John Ernest Bush, C.B., late Durham Light Infantry, died at Berkhamstead on Thursday.
The son of the late Major Robert Bush, 96th Regiment, he was educated at Clifton and joined the army in 1880. He played Rugby football for Gloucestershire and for England against Ireland, 1880-1881.
The 1947 Clifton College Register says that John Ernest Bush played rugby for Ireland in 1881.
John Bush never played for England or Ireland in 1880 or 1881. A player selected for England to play Ireland on 30th January 1880 was replaced by Ernest Woodhead of Dublin University when he suffered from the effects of sea-sickness on the voyage to Dublin for the match. This was Woodhead's only match for England.
His medals are held by the Durham Light Infantry Museum, Medal Case 19, Display Group 6. For a list of his medals click here