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Aubrey Melchior William Patch

 Aubrey Melchior William Patch

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Forename(s) Aubrey Melchior William
Surname Patch
Rank 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Age 30
Death Killed in action
Place of Death France
Date of Death 18/08/1916
Year of Entry 1899
House Letter C
School Notes
Comments Reg: In ranks RFus 1914-15, 2Lt 3(SR)Kings Own 1915. CWGC gives 3rd/Kings att. 8th/Kings
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-record...
Unit 3rd (attd 8th) Bn
Prefect
Military Decorations
Album Number 6
Battle Battle of the Somme
Previous Regiment The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Additional Notes Added to Imperial War Museum 'Faces of World War One' project and Radley College War Memorial Flickr website on 15 March 2013 http://www.flickr.com/photos/radley_college_war_memorial/
Burial or Cemetery THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel ref Pier and Face 5 D and 12 B
Place of Birth Charterhouse, London
Post School Ontario Agricultural College, Toronto University (Canada) 1904; Bachelor in Science of Agriculture 1908; Washington University, Seattle USA 1910; Reconnaissance work in the forests of British Columbia;,with the Forestry Dept., Canadian Pacific Railway 1908-10; with the Ontario Government Forestry Bureau
Shields in Hall