- SURNAME
Vanderspar
- FORENAME
Edgar Melvill Dane
- UNIT
7 Bn Royal Leicestershire Regiment (14 Bde)
- RANK
Captain (T/Major)
- NUMBER
190324
- AWARD
bar to Military Cross
- PLACE
Burma 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 2.6.1911 Colombo,Ceylon
educated Harow and Magdalen College,Oxford
lawn tennis player (played Wimbledon 1932)
employed Boustead Brothers,London 1932
tea planter,Ceylon
employed Boustead Brothers,Colombo,Ceylon
joined Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps 1939
enlisted Rifle Brigade 1941
commissioned 2 Bn Leicestershire Regiment (C Company)
award M.C. Tobruk 1941
2 + 7 Bn Leicestershire Regiment in Burma
Director,Boustead Brothers (later Whittall Boustead),Colombo,Ceylon 1946-62
changed surname by deed poll to Boustead (mother's maiden name) 1951
married Auriel Noble 1951 (2 daughters)
married Diana Ley 1980
died May 2005 in Surrey
educated Harow and Magdalen College,Oxford
lawn tennis player (played Wimbledon 1932)
employed Boustead Brothers,London 1932
tea planter,Ceylon
employed Boustead Brothers,Colombo,Ceylon
joined Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps 1939
enlisted Rifle Brigade 1941
commissioned 2 Bn Leicestershire Regiment (C Company)
award M.C. Tobruk 1941
2 + 7 Bn Leicestershire Regiment in Burma
Director,Boustead Brothers (later Whittall Boustead),Colombo,Ceylon 1946-62
changed surname by deed poll to Boustead (mother's maiden name) 1951
married Auriel Noble 1951 (2 daughters)
married Diana Ley 1980
died May 2005 in Surrey
