Basic Details
Surname
Waddell-Dudley
Forenames
R R
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Robert Roland
Served or died
Died
Notes
He enrolled Worcester College, Oxford in 1906 and the college archive adds: 'Roland Waddell-Dudley was born in St Albans and educated at Malvern College. He came up to Worcester in 1906 and was a tennis half-blue. He was gazetted to the 3rd battalion Royal Fusiliers in December 1911 and joined the regiment in India in January 1912. He returned to Britain with his regiment following the outbreak of war, and was wounded in February 1915 when a bullet was embedded in his back. Refusing an operation to remove it, or to return to England to convalesce, he returned to the front in March. Lieutenant Roland Waddell-Dudley was killed in action in Belgium on 15 April 1915.
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Year of death
1915
Month of death
April
Day of death
15
Manner of death as stated
Unknown
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action