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Name | 2nd Lt Ralph Thomas BODDINGTON [269] | Birth | Male; 8 June 1883; Selly Park, Birmingham | Death | 2 Nov 1917, age 34; Gaza | Death Memo | Killed in Action Rafa-Belah ridge, Gaza, Palestine | Burial Memo | His grave is in the Gaza War Cemetery [314] | Education | 1895: King Edward VII School, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1902: Merton College, Oxford [100] | Occupation | Solicitor, Hooper, Ryland & Boddington [71],[100] | Religion | Anglican [100] | Military | 03/1915: Arden Volunteer Rifle Corps WWI: British army, Private 23610 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry WWI: British army, 1st/10th Battalion, London Regiment (TF) Second Lieutenant London Regiment 25th London Battalion [269],[315] | Residence | Before 1910: Hillfield Hall, Solihull, Warwickshire 1910: Barras, Kenilworth Road, Berkswell, Warwickshire, UK | Father | Samuel BODDINGTON JP (1850 - 1937) | Mother | Elizabeth Mary PASK-HUGHES ( - 1930) |
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Name | Muriel Jessie HARRIS [100] | Birth | Female; 20 July 1888 | Death | 4 Sept 1990, age 102 | Burial | Stafford UK | Education | Boarding School: Amplin Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham Finishing School: Bonn, Germany | Religion | Anglican | Residence | 1910: Barras, Kenilworth Road, Berkswell, Warwickshire A hotel in Sidmouth, Devonshire Residential home, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, UK |
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Notes for 2nd Lt Ralph Thomas BODDINGTON He lived in the small village of Berkswell and is listed on the war memorial there,
as well as on the Roll of Honour mounted at the North Warwickshire Golf
Club. Burial location: Gaza War Cemetery, grave XIV.D.2. John Elliott, great
great nephew, in his official capacity with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
in Jerusalem, attended a Service of Remembrance and Dedication at Gaza War Cemetery
on Wednesday 8th November 2017. [269]
Sam Boddington is pictured with the remembrance cross that he proudly placed in
front of Berkswell war memorial on the 100th anniversary of RTB's death. Ralph was
Sam's great great great uncle. By extraordinary coincidence, Sam attended the junior
school next door to the war memorial. [316],[396]
Ralph's comments appear in his sister's domestic Visitor Book. [269]
An excellent note on Ralph's life can be found on the
Solihull
Life website [315]
Notes for Muriel Jessie HARRIS After the death of her first husband she married again and lived at Malden, Sidmouth, Devonshire UK.
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Sources 71. | Book, Imperial War Museum |
100. | Email, Justin Kibble, 13 November 2004 |
269. | Personal information, Tim Boddington (Webmaster) |
314. | Email, John C R Elliott, 11 October 2017, Pictures of grave in Gaza military cemetery |
315. | Website, 04 November 2017, Solihull Life |
316. | Email, Meriel Boddington, 02 November 2017 |
396. | Public archive, Christopher Boddington, 18 June 2022, The Submariners Memorial |
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