The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Captain Eric Boyd Costin, D.S.O.

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - E.B. Costin

Lieut. E.B. Costin (1908)

Lieut. E.B. Costin (1912)

Lieut. E.B. Costin
(Date tbc, est. 1915)
See full image below.

Service:

• Appointed Lieutenant in The RCR, 22 May 1908
• Lieut., No. 4 Depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1911
• Lieut., Wellington Barracks, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1912
• First World War - 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, D.S.O.
• Served with The R.C.R. in Bermuda, 1914-15
• Transferred to West Yorkshire Regiment (Regular Army), 11 Sep 1915.
• THE LONDON GAZETTE, 19 JANUARY, 1917; W. York. R. - Capt. E.B. Costin is seconded, for service with Machine Gun Corps. 12th May 1916.
• THE LONDON GAZETTE, 23 FEBRUARY, 1917; MACHINE GUN CORPS. - Capt. E. B. Costin (W. York. R.) to be actg. Maj. while comdg. a Co. 17 July 1916.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 4 JUNE, 1917; Awarded the DSO - Capt. (temp. Maj.) Eric Boyd Costin, W. Yorks. R.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 5 NOVEMBER, 1917; MACHINE GUN CORPS. - Capt. E. B. Costin, D.S.O. (W.York.R.), relinquishes the actg. rank of Maj. on ceasing to belong to the Corps. 26 May 1917.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 23 JULY, 1917; Brig. Majors. - Capt. E. B. Costin, W. York. R. 29th May 1917.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3 JUNE, 1919; To Be Brevet Major - Capt. E. B. Costin, D.S.O., W. York. Rgt.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 16 AUGUST, 1919; ATTD. TO HD.-QR. UNITS. - Brig. Maj. - Bt. Maj. E. B. Costin, D.S.O., W. York. R. 4th July 1919.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 21 AUGUST, 1919; Decorations conferred by THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC; Legion d'Honneur; Chevalier. - Captain and Brevet Major Eric Boyd Costin, D.S.O., West Yorkshire Regiment.
• THE LONDON GAZETTE, 20 APRIL 1920; COMMANDS AND STAFF. The undermentioned relinquish their appts.: Brig. Majs. - Bt. Maj. E. B. Costin, D.S.O., W. York. R. 6th Apr. 1920.
• 22 Aug 1916: Bde-Major: Lahore Bde. Area - Capt & Brevet Major E.B. Costin, D.S.O., West Yorkshire Regt.
• 22 Aug 1926: Assistant Military Secretary, Military Secretary's Branch, Army headquarters - Capt & Brevet Major E.B. Costin, D.S.O., West Yorkshire Regt.
• March 1928 to March 1929; Instructor at the Small Arms Achool in India.
• Oct 1931; Appointed G.S.O. Class 2 at the War Office
• 1938; Transferred to Poona, India, to take up the appointment of A.A. & Q.M.G., Southern Command.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 17 JULY 1942; The undermentioned are granted the actg. rank of Maj.-Gen.: Col. (temp. Brig.) E. B. Costin, D.S.O. (11681) 12th May 1942.
• THE LONDON GAZETTE, 1 AUGUST 1944; Col. (temp. Brig.) E.B. Costin, D.S.O. (11681), having attained the age for retirement, to be retained on the Active List supern. to the estabt. 2nd Aug. 1944.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 28 JUNE, 1946 - Col E.B. COSTIN, D.S.O (11681), retires on ret. pay, 1st July 1946, and is granted the hon. rank of Maj-Gen.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 22 AUGUST, 1947 - REGULAR ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS. GENERAL LIST. - Col. (Hon. Maj.-Gen.) E. B. COSTIN, D.S.O. (11681) having attained the age limit of liability to recall ceases to belong to the Res. of Offrs., 2nd Aug. 1947.
• SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 8 JANUARY, 1954 - Manchester Regiment - Col. (T/Brig.) Thomas Bell Lindsay CHURCHILL, C.B.E., M.C. (38512), late Inf., is appointed Col., 9th Jan. 1954, vice Col. (Hon. Maj.-Gen.) Eric Boyd COSTIN, D.S.O. (11681), resigned.

The Connecting File, Vol. IX, No. 1, January, 1930

"Old friends will be interested in knowing that Major Eric Costin, D.S.O., has transferred from the West Yorks to the Manchester Regiment and is doing duty with the 2nd Battalion at Gough Barracks, Trinulgherry, Deccon, India. Another lick between the good old Manchesters and The R.C.R.

The Connecting File, Vol. XVII, No. 4, December, 1938

Lieut.-Colonel E.B. Costin, D.S.O., the Manchester Regiment, late R.C.R., has been transferred to Poona, India, where he will take up the appointment of A.A.&Q.M.G., Southern Command.

Date of Birth - 2 Aug 1889

Date of Death - 1971

This photo of Lieutenant Eric Boyd Costin is estimated as taken in 1915 before his transfer to the West Yorkshire Regiment of the British Army.
Photo provided by Hugh Conway (The RCR, ret'd).

Hon. Maj.-Gen. EricCostin's medal group was identified on the British Medal Forum as reported stolen July 2010.

Miniature medal group of Hon. Maj.-Gen. Eric Boyd Costin, D.S.O.