Basic Details
Surname
Aldridge
Forenames
R J P D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Reginald John Petty Devenish
Served or died
Died
Notes
He enrolled Worcester College, Oxford 1895 and the college archie adds: 'Captain R J P Aldridge matriculated in 1895 and graduated BA in 1898; during his time at Worcester he won prizes for athletics and was a Rugby Blue. He joined the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment in May 1900 and served with them in India and Malta. He went to France with the first British Expeditionary Force on 12 August 1914 and was killed by a shell at the Battle of the Aisne on 7 October. Captain Aldridge was married in 1908 to Mabel Noble and had two children; Dulcibella, born 1909, and Reginald who was born two months after his death in December 1914.'
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
France
Town of death
Aisne
Year of death
1914
Month of death
October
Day of death
7
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action