CAPTAIN CHARLES COLWYN ROLPH

Location address :

Museum of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Newarke Houses Museum

Leicester

LE2 7BY

Details on cross (Text content of cross):

5 GRU tags

1 ?

2 ?

3 – CAPT C ROLPH

4 ?

5 – 15.10.15

Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved):  GRU Tags

Cross dimensions (millimetres please)

Shaft Height: 772mm

Cross beam width: 335 mm

Width of wood: 24mm

Other information

Mounting to wall: Not currently mounted

Finish (varnish, paint, oiled, unfinished etc): varnish

Condition (cracked, paint peeling, woodwork, damage etc): Good condition

Notes and observations: 

From https://www.royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/entity/117806-rolph-charles-colwyn?q=

Rolph, Charles Colwyn

Rank : Captain

Unit : 1st Bn

Biography :

Joined 1st Battalion in September 1908. Promoted Lieutenant 27.3.1911, and went with the 1st Battalion to Ireland in September 1912. Posted to 2nd Battalion in September 1914 following promotion to Captain. He was wounded in November 1914, and in action on 15.10.1915, aged 27. He is buried at Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Some of the above information from a private source.

Date of Death : 15.10.1915

Place of Death : & & France

Period of Service : 1900s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France

Survey courtesy of: Tricia Shooter and Philip French

Date of survey: 4/9/2017