Evelyn Achille de Rothschild (B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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) (January 6, 1886 - November 17, 1917 was a British

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 banker and soldier

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. Born in London

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, England

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, he was the second of three sons of Leopold de Rothschild

Leopold de Rothschild

Leopold de Rothschild CVO was a British banker, thoroughbred race horse breeder, and a member of the prominent Rothschild family.-Education and career:...

 (1845–1917) and Marie Perugia (1862–1937) and a part of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England

Rothschild banking family of England

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.

Born into wealth and privilege, Evelyn de Rothschild was expected to play a major role with the N M Rothschild & Sons

N M Rothschild & Sons

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 bank. However, at the outbreak of World War I

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 he and brother Anthony

Anthony Gustav de Rothschild

Anthony Gustav de Rothschild was a British banker and member of the Rothschild banking family. Born in London, England, he was the third and youngest of the three sons of Leopold de Rothschild and Marie Perugia...

 joined the British Army

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. In November 1915, while serving with the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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 on the Gallipoli front, Evelyn de Rothschild was wounded and sent home to recuperate. Within a few months he was back at the Front where in March 1916 his service resulted in his being Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Dispatches

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. Sent to fight in Palestine

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, he was critically wounded during the November 13th Battle of Mughar Ridge

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 against the Turkish

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 Seventh Army and died four days later. On December 5, 1920, his brother, Captain Anthony de Rothschild, unveiled the War Memorial in the churchyard of All Saints Church at Wing, Buckinghamshire

Wing, Buckinghamshire

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honoring Evelyn and his other comrades from Wing who were killed in the war.