Souchon does not appear in any BMD records. He came from Mauritius, where his father Louis Souchon was a sugar planter. CWGC records show that his brother, Leon Joseph Gustave Souchon, was killed in WW2, son of Sir (Hippolyte) Louis (Wiehe du Coudray) Souchon, C.B.E., and Lady Souchon (nee Rouillard). The same man that appears on Souchon's probate record
1913 Matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford. Souchon, G. H. The Oxford University Roll of Service contains the names, fourteen thousand five hundred and sixty-one in number, of those members of the University who served in the Military and Naval forces of the Crown during the War. Served with King Edward Horse pre WW1 and transferred to 17th Lancers.
1914 Dec 14.The Oxford roll gives this as when he enlisted as a Lt. with 17th Lancers. India. . I cannot find a MIC for him. I suspect that Souchon went home to Mauritius for the Summer Vacation from Oxford,, war broke out, and he then went to India to join the 17th Lancers. Though the 17th Lancers movements say that August 1914 : in Sialkot in India, part of the Sialkot Cavalry Brigade. Moved with Brigade to France as part of 1st Indian Cavalry Division, landed Marseilles 7 November 1914.
1918 Mar 15. CBE for his father - Hippolyte Louis Wiehe du Coudray Souchon, Esq., .Representative in London of the Mauritius' Chamber of Agriculture. His father was later knighted in 1927.
1919 Nov 2. G.S.Os., 3rd Grade.- Lt. G. H. Souchon, 17th Lrs., and to be temp. Capt. whilst so empld.
1921 Jun 1. Relinquishes GSO 3rd Grade, Lt. G. H. Souchon, 17th L,, and relinquishes the temp, rank of Capt.
1921 Jun 1. 17th Lancers, G H Souchon is restored to the establishment
1921 Oct 3. Lieutenant Souchon was on his way from his Club to Earl’s Island Army Camp in Galway. On his way he met some fellow officers who gave him a lift in their car. As they drove passed the Town Hall shots were fired and Lieutenant Souchon was hit in the head, he died instantly.
Investigations into the shooting showed that Lieutenant Souchon was killed by a stray bullet fired in a dispute at a local hall where a dance was being held in aid of The Republican Prisoners Dependants’ Fund. There were several accounts of how the dispute arose but it involved some Crown Forces either attempting to enter the dance without paying or Republican stewards at the dance attempted to search Crown Forces outside the dance. Lieutenant Souchon was not involved in this dispute.
His body was taken to Wookham, Surrey for burial.
1921 Dec 3. Probate
1922 His father sold Eastwick Park, and I think returned to Mauritius
