Basic Details
Surname
Radcliffe
Forenames
D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
David
Served or died
Died
Notes
He was born at Lyme Grove, Prescot, Lancashire, on 6 December 1894, the 1st son of Frederick Morton Radcliffe, a solicitor, and educated at Winchester College (1908-1909). At Corpus he took no Oxford University exams but was Acting Secretary of the Boat Club 1914 and, as a member of the University Contingent of the Officers’ Training Corps, he enlisted in December 1914. A Trust fund for the Corpus Boat Club was set up in his memory by his father in 1920.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
R Fus
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Capt
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Bully-Grenay, near Loos
Year of death
1916
Month of death
March
Day of death
18
Age at death
21
Manner of death as stated
Unknown
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action