Guy Louis Busson du Maurier Defence Science Organisation

Background

He was the son of the writer George du Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and the actor Gerald du Maurier.

He was educated at Marlborough and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and in 1885 became an officer in the Royal Fusiliers.

He served for the last time in World War I, being killed in action in Flanders in 1915.

He served in the Second Boer War, where he commanded a mounted infantry regiment, earning the Distinguished Service Order in 1902. He achieved notoriety in 1909 as the author of the play An Englishman"s Home.