BOTT, GEORGE, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 6th (Reserve), Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), eldest s. of the Rev. Richard Bott, Clerk in Holy Orders, by his wife, Sarah; b. Hayton Rectory, Maryport, co. Cumberland, 30 Sept. 1886; educ. Carlisle Grammar School, and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he graduated B.A., after which he became a Tutor with a view to taking Holy Orders; joined the Public Schools Battn. of the Royal Fusiliers 2 Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 14 Nov. 1915; returned to England in March, 1916, and after a period of training was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Rifle Brigade 7 July: went back to France 20 Sept. Sept., being attached to the 6th Battn., and was killed in action near Loos 9 Feb. 1917. Buried in the British Cemetery at Philosophe, Mazingarbe, near Bethune. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was justly regarded as one of the most efficient officers of his battalion. He had won the very greatest personal popularity with both officers and men, and his men would have followed him anywhere. He had proved himself to them, and gained a name among them which they will not soon forget. The Commanding Officer had a very high opinion of him,” and a brother officer: “He was absolutely fearless. All the little jobs that no one has to do and yet are everyone’s job always found him willing. He was always ready to work for the success of others.” His servant wrote: “I have been in France since the war began, and I have never met a better friend and soldier in an officer. He was everything in the way of cheerfulness and for helping others. His platoon miss him very much.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5