Basic Details
Surname
Roper
Forenames
R D
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Robert Dudley
Served or died
Died
Notes
All extra information is has been provided by the College Archivist (see References) in response to an enquiry from the IWM, including this biographical detail: '(1925) Born 4 September 1906, 6 Spencer
Place, Leeds, Yorkshire; son of Herbert John Roper, Surgeon, and Mildred Elizabeth
Coddington. BA 1928; MA 1932; BChir 1933; MB 1935; MRCS (St Bartholomew’s) 1933;
LRCP (St Bartholomew’s) 1933. Tutor(s): M P Charlesworth. Educ: Chapel Allerton High
School; Morelands School; Orleton School, Scarborough; St Edward’s School, Oxford.
Career: Casualty House Surgeon, St Bartholomew’s Hospital; House Surgeon, Ear, Nose and
Throat Department, Charing Cross (later Honorary Anaesthetist); Anaesthetist, Hospital of SS
John and Elizabeth, and Connaught Hospital, Walthamstow; Private Practice; EMS, then
Surgeon Lieutenant, RNVR, WWII. Died 2 February 1941.'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Shotley
Cemetery
Royal Naval Cemetery
Year of death
1941
Month of death
February
Day of death
2
Age at death
34