Guy Sutton Bocquet was born on 14 May 1882, the third son of William Bocquet of Liverpool and his wife, Baroness Van Zuylen van Neveldt de Gaesbeck of Brussels.[2][3][6] His brother was the composer, Roland Bocquet, and both boys were educated at Bedford Modern School.[7][8]
Bocquet was apprenticed for two years with the London and North Western Railway before joining the Indian State Railways in 1901[9] as a Transport Officer.[2][3][10] In 1912 he was recorded as being a Captain in the Eastern Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifles having volunteered on 17 December 1907.[11]
Bocquet served in World War I with the East Bengal Railway Battalion,[12] was mentioned in despatches, attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel[13] and was made Deputy Director of Railways in Mesopotamia.[1][2][3] In recognition of his war service, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1918.[1][4][14]
After World War I Bocquet became a senior officer in the Eastern Bengal Railway[15][16] and attained the rank of colonel commanding the East Bengal Railway Battalion Auxiliary Force between 1925 and 1932.[2] He served as ADC to the Viceroy of India between 1928 and 1932[1][2][3][6] and was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935.[6] He retired from the Indian Railways in 1936.[17]
In 1910 Bocquet married Gwynneth (née Macredie), an American citizen from Slayton, Minnesota.[2][3][18] He was fond of golf, tennis, and the fine arts, a member of the Bengal Club and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[6]
Bocquet died in Crowborough, England on 18 January 1961.[1]
