Borst C L 2nd Lt 6th Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
BORST, CHARLES LOUIS, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regt.), eldest s. of Charles L. Borst, of 38, Leweston Place, Stamford Hill, N., by his wife, Ada Helen (-); b. Tottenham, Co Middlesex, 1896; educ. Hackney Downs School; joine joined the Honourable Artillery Company 17 March, 1916: was subsequently given a commission, and gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1917, and was killed in action before Cambrai 24 Nov. following. Buried in Cambrai Road Ceme-tery.
His Commanding Officer wrote: He did glorious work in the attack on the 20th… During the nine months he has been with us his cheery disposition and charming manner had endeared him to all of us.. Personally, I cannot express my sorrow at losing him, for our work, both training and fighting, had brought us very closely together, and we were great friends.” A brother officer also wrote: “… You will have no difficulty in realizing what a splendid type of boy he was. His men would have gone anywhere for him, and his work with the battalion has already been carried out with marked efficiency and ability. His death is a grievous loss to us.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5