Bush was born in
Salisbury, the eldest son of the Reverend Herbert Cromwell Bush, vicar of
Seend, Wiltshire, and a grandson of General
Reynell Taylor. He was a descendant of the regicide
Oliver Cromwell. After attending
Fritham and
St. Edward's Schools, he spent some time in Ceylon and India. Sent to
Gallipoli in 1915, Bush was of the few survivors of his battalion from Suvla Bay, and also the award of the
Military Cross. Bush was invalided home in late 1915. and sent to Egypt. and 18 December 1916 was commissioned into the
Dorset Regiment with the rank of lieutenant. On 24 April 1917 Bush was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps. He was posted to 22 Squadron as a pilot of a two-seater
Bristol F.2 Fighter. For his first two victories on 12 August 1917, he teamed with
Carleton Clement to set one
Albatros D.V aflame and send another down out of control. He went to score four more triumphs, the final one coming on 2 October 1917 (For three-but not his final flight-his observer was
Arch Whitehouse). Five days later, he and his observer fell under the guns of German ace
Hans von Häbler. Initially reported missing, he was confirmed as dead by a message dropped from a German aircraft. ==References==