David Hugh Rycroft
Person details
| Forename(s) | David Hugh |
|---|---|
| Surname | Rycroft |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Regiment | King's Shropshire Light Infantry |
| Age | 37 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Mediterranean Sea |
| Date of Death | 13/11/1944 |
| Year of Entry | 1921 |
| House Letter | C |
| School Notes | Sergeant in OTC |
| Comments |
Father of HD Rycroft (G Social 1957) War Memorial Fund (1943) Ctte minutes 29.5.1946: 'Applications on behalf of thirteen boys were considered. Twelve of the candidates were sons of ORs who had been killed in the war and one a nephew - [due] 1956 Rycoft, HD, 11th birthday 24 March 1954.' |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
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| Prefect | School Prefect; Head of Social |
| Military Decorations | OBE |
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| Burial or Cemetery | Serbia > Belgrade |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Sandhurst. Married x2 |
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| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | February 25 1945. Killed in action in November, 1944, in the Central Mediterranean, David Hugh Rycroft, O.B.E., Colonel, late K.S.L.I. (Barmby's,. Hellard's, C, 1921-26). David Rycroft entered the school in 1921. He was a School Prefect, Sergeant in the O.T.C., rowed bow in the VIII which reached the final of the Ladies' Plate in 1925. and played in the Second XV. He entered the R.M.C., Sandhurst, where he later gained a Prize Cadetship. He received his commission in the K.S.L.I. in 1928, was promoted Captain in 1938, served in North Africa in 1942, then in Italy, and received the O.B.E. At the time of his death he was a Colonel. In his earlier days at Radley, he was quiet, reserved, and not too strong physically, but always to be relied on. He later accepted responsibility with a realisation of its duties rather than any pleasure in its privileges. As a Prefect and head of his Social, he was inclined to belittle himself as being too prone to see the other fellow's point of view, which he thought tended to a lack of decision. In this he was not fair to himself, for probably this very understanding of others helped him in dealing with boys and later with men. |
| Service Number | 0 |
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