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Rank : Private

Army Number : 6825

Unit : 3rd (Militia) Bn, 4th Bn, 2/4th Bn

Biography :

Private Bustin served in 3rd Militia Bn The Leicestershire Regiment in the Boer War in South Africa in 1902. He was severely wounded at Molteno, South Africa, on 22.4.1902: a wound that was accidentally self-inflicted. In WW1 he served initially in 4th Bn from 1.12.1914, being promoted LCpl on 23.4.1915. He served in the Royal Defence Corps from 29.4.1916-6.3.1917, when he transferred to 2/4th Bn, and then back to 4th Bn and reverting to Pte on 12.3.1917. On 10.6.1917 he transferred to The Notts & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters), and served as Private 235061 in their 17th Bn and then 16th Bn. He was awarded the Military Medal (L.G. 11.1.1918). He was Killed in Action at Pozieres in France in the German spring offensive on 21.3.1918, aged 37 years.
His body not having been recovered, he is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.

Ancestry.co.uk - 1911 Census:

William Hy Bustin, Head, 31 years, married, Tramway Conductor - Leicester Corporation, Born Warwick
Elizabethe Emma Bustin, Wife, 31 years, married, born - Market Harborough
Louisa May Bustin, daughter, 8 years, born - Leicester
Elsie Bustin, daughter, 3 years, - born Leicester
William Bustin, son, 1 year, born - Leicester

CWGC:

BUSTIN, W H
Rank:Private
Service No: 235061
Date of Death: 21/03/1918
Age: 37
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 16th Bn.
Awards: MM
Panel Reference: Panel 52 to 54.
Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
Additional Information:

Son of Charles and Jane Bustin, of 210, Curzon St., Leicester; husband of Elizabeth Emma Bustin, of 123, Halkin St., Melton Rd., Leicester.

Date of Birth : 1881

Place of Birth : Warwick

Date of Death : 21.3.1918

Place of Death : Pozieres, France

Civil Occupation : Tramway Conductor, Leicester Corporation

Period of Service : 1900-02; 1914-1918

Conflicts : Boer War, WW1

Places Served : South Africa, France & Flanders