ROBERTS Rupert Edward

  • First Name(s):
    Rupert 
    Edward 
  • Surname:
    ROBERTS
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Major

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Manchester Regiment
  • Battalion:
    16th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    26th March 1918
  • Age At Death:
    37
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Near Moyencourt (Somme)
  • Place of Burial:
    St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France, Grave Officers, B. 5. 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Second son of the late James and Ada Roberts, of St John’s, Worcester

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ROBERTS Rupert Edward Is Named On These Memorials

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Worcester Royal Grammar School
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Further Information About ROBERTS Rupert Edward

Graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Rupert Roberts was one of six sons of James and Ada Roberts of Clent House, Bromyard Road, Worcester. He attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1895 to 1900, during which time he was Captain of Football and Head Boy. He read Mathematics at Jesus College, Cambridge and after graduating he 1903 he became Maths Master at Dunstable Grammar School. After a spell in Egypt with the Ministry of Public Instruction, he returned to the UK to teach at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, where he ran the Officer Training Corp. In early September 1914, he became one of the original officers of the 16th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment.

In the Spring of 1918, the Battalion was occupying the Manchester Hill Redoubt near the road out of St. Quentin. Battle commenced on 21st March 1918 after their commanding officer refused the German offer to surrender. Major Roberts took command of the remaining men, organising them to defend positions along the Nesle-Noyon Canal. On 24th March the German troops outflanked their positions causing the collapse of their flank and forcing them to retreat towards Cressy. It was during this action that Major Roberts fell, dying of his wounds on 26th March 1918.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

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