Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Service no. 8573
Killed in action on 10 March 1915, aged about 24
Born Kings Cross Middlesex; enlisted Kingston-upon-Thames
Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
The National Roll of the Great War
Myhill, E O, Private, Lincolnshire Regiment
A serving soldier, he was mobilised and drafted to France at the commencement of hostilities and found in the Retreat from Mons, and in the Battles of the Aisne, and the Marne. He died gloriously on the field of battle at Neuve Chapelle on March 10th 1915 and lies buried there. He was entitled to the Mons Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals. "A valiant soldier with undaunted heart he breasted Life's last hill".
15 St Alphonsus Road, Clapham SW4
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 Edward Oscar Myhill was serving with the 2nd Battalion of Lincoln Regiment at Fort Gomer in Alverstoke, Hampshire. He was single and aged 20.