Basic Details
Surname
Bainbrigge
Forenames
R
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Roger
Served or died
Died
Notes
Roger Bainbrigge was born at West Linton in Scotland on 23 February 1909, the only child of the Reverend Prebendary Philip Bainbrigge, and his second wife Beatrice (née Borthwick). He was educated at St Edward’s School, Oxford from 1923 to 1926, where he was a member of the Rugby XV.
Roger Bainbrigge entered Worcester College on 14 October 1927, and achieved 3rd class honours in Modern History in 1930. On leaving Oxford he became a stockbroker at the London Stock Exchange. He married Elizabeth Baldwin on 3 April 1934, who died the following year, one day after the birth of their son Michael. Roger Bainbrigge subsequently married Kathleen Risley in 1937 and they had a son, Angus, the following year.
Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Roger Bainbrigge attended at Officer Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Pioneer Corps on 30 June 1941. Lieutenant Roger Bainbrigge was killed in action in Egypt on 24 February 1943, aged 33.
Roger Bainbrigge is buried in Heliopolis War Cemetery, and commemorated on the war memorials of St Edward’s School Oxford, and Worcester College, Oxford.
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
Egypt
Year of death
1943
Month of death
February
Day of death
24
Age at death
33
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action