Wounded at Ypres, served with MI6, 1915-18

[dante]

WW1 Pair (missing 15 Star) Arthur James Lush, Rifle Brigade and Mi6 (b)
Arthur James Lush,  Born at Dorchester in 1892 and was educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and Keble College, Oxford. Commissioned into the 6th Special Reserve, Rifle Brigade in  August 1914 and in January  1915 went to France joining the 1st Bn.

Severely wounded during the second Battle of Ypres on the 20 June 1915,

“On the 20th June 1915 the 1st Battalion Somerset Light infantry relieved the 1st Rifle Brigade in the front-line opposite International Trench. The Somerset’s were once again subjected to offensive German action in the form of trench mortars and snipers continued to pose a constant threat. This position was held until the 26th when the Battalion was relieved in the evening by the Rifle Brigade.”

He did not serve again abroad and spent the remainder of the war in the war office.

Lieutenant July 1915 & Captain July 1917. Employed War Office in DR3 and Military intelligence in MI6 (b) (1916-18)

After the war he joined Victor Blagden & Co Ltd  http://www.blagden.com/about-us/history  becoming Managing Director and Chairman, he was an active member of the Rifle Brigade club.

He died in 1973.

 

Edited January 10, 2016 by dante

[peter monahan]

Interesting!  I wonder what qualifications, other thasn the right schools, he may have had for working with MI6 on the 'Portugal portfolio' or whatever it was called.

[dante]

Cheers Peter....Oxford I would guess