Edward Vivian Birchall

Edward Vivian Dearman Birchall (10 August 1884 – 10 August 1916[1]), was an English philanthropist who died of wounds at the Battle of the Somme. He left a legacy of £1000 for the promotion of voluntary services. The money was used to help create, in 1919, the National Council of Social Services. It later became the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, an umbrella body for charities in England.[2][3]

Edward Vivian Birchall
Birth nameEdward Vivian Dearman Birchall
Born(1884-08-10)10 August 1884
Died10 August 1916(1916-08-10) (aged 32)
Buried
Étaples Military Cemetery
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankCaptain
Commands held1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion
Battles/warsFirst World War

Early life and education

He was born on 10 August 1884 at Bowden Hall,[nb 1] Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire, the third, and youngest, son of Dearman and Emily Jowitt Birchall.[1]

Birchall attended school in Sunningdale, Berkshire, from 1893 to 1898 and Eton College from 1898 to 1903. He graduated from Magdalen College, University of Oxford with a BA in 1908.[3]

Military service

Birchall was a captain in the 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion. He died on 10 August 1916 and is buried in France, at Étaples Military Cemetery near Boulogne.

Notes
  1. Bowden Hall was purchased by Birchall's father in 1868 and is now a hotel.
    "Bowden Hall (also known as Creed's Place, Bounden Hall, Bowden Hall Ramada Hotel Gloucester)". Parks and Gardens UK. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
    "Edward Vivian Dearman Birchall, BA, DSO". Magdalen College, University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

References
  1. Laybourn, Keith (September 2004). Birchall, Edward Vivian Dearman (1884–1916), philanthropist. Retrieved 1 July 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. Smith, Susan (5 August 2014). "Soldier's legacy lives on through a century of voluntary action". Third Force News. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  3. "Edward Vivian Dearman Birchall, BA, DSO". Magdalen College, University of Oxford. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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