ARMYTAGE, Edward Oscar
| Service Number: | 159827 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | South Yarra, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Winchelsea, Surf Coast, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Harrow |
| Occupation: | Independant Means |
| Died: | Surrey, England, 13 March 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Birregurra Christ Church Anglican Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Second Lieutenant, 159827, Unspecified British Units, Black Watch Roya Highlanders |
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World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Major, Unspecified British Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Oscar Ferinand ARMYTAGE of "Ingleby Station" Winchelsea, Vic. and Maud ANDREW of Guildford, Surrey England
Mr. Edward Oscar Armytage, of Ingleby, Winchelsea, Victoria, has been appointed to a commission in the 3rd Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve of Officers, Regulars. He will be at Stirling in the Officer's Training Corps before joining his regiment at Nigg, Ross-shire.
Word has been received in Winchelsea that Lieutenant Edward Oscar Armytage, of the Black Watch Regiment, and son of the late Mr. Oscar Armytage, of Ingleby Station, has been seriously wounded in the recent heavy fighting on the Flanders front. - July 1916
Major Edward O Armytage of Timbers, Bramley, Surrey England, who has died in England, was the only son of Mr. Oscar F. Armytage, of Ingleby, Winchelsea, Victoria. He was educated at Harrow, and held a commission in the Black Watch, serving in France in the First World War. In the Second World War he rejoined this regiment and became a major, serving in Egypt, at G.H.Q. He was at El Alamein before and after the advance. Between the two wrs he travelled extensively, and while in Egypt he was decorated by the French Government for his interest in the revival of Aramaic art He had the distinction of becomming a Fellow of the Royal Etymological Society of England before he was 21.
Buried at Guildford, Surrey, England