Sir Edward Hulse, 7th Baronet

Sir Edward Hamilton Westrow Hulse, 7th Baronet (31 August 1889 – 12 March 1915) was an officer in the British Army during the First World War.

He had his letters published posthumously detailing his account of the fighting on the Western Front, describing events such as the Christmas Truce.

In August 1914, after the outbreak of World War I in July, he went to Mons with the 1st Battalion.

[1] Sir Edward Hulse was killed in action at Neuve-Chapelle on 12 March 1915.

According to a short biography written by Perceval Landon as an introduction to Hulse's collection of letters, his commanding officer, Major Paynter, fell severely wounded and Hulse was killed crossing open ground after trying to help him.