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2nd Lt. · 4 Middlesex Regiment

Rupert Price Hallowes

† 30/09/1915 · aged 34 · Bedford House Cemetery (Zillebeke), Enclosure No.4,.XIV,.B,.36; personal inscription: From death to life. Fell at Hooge. R.I.P.

Personal data

NameHallowes
InitialsR.P.
Christian nameRupert Price
Date and place of birthRedhill, Surrey; 05.05.1881
FamilySon of Frederick Blackwood and Mary Ann Taylor (néé Hutchinson) Hallowes , of Dan-y-Ffynnon, Port Talbot, Glam.

Extra information

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Educated at Conyngham House, Ramsgate, Haileybury College
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Scoutmaster
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Assistant Manager (Robert Byass & Co. Ltd., Mansel Tin Plate Works, Aberavon, Wales)

Military data

Rank2nd Lt.
Regiment / Unit4 Middlesex Regiment
Date of death
Age34
Cemetery / MemorialBedford House Cemetery (Zillebeke), Enclosure No.4,.XIV,.B,.36; personal inscription: From death to life. Fell at Hooge. R.I.P.

Other information

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V.C., M.C., Mentioned in Despatches
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'The Rupert Lamp' - Port Talbot Branch. Endowed on 07.11.1928. First lit on 27.04.1929 at The Great Hall of Church House, Westminster, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Rupert Hallowes, V.C., M.C., 2nd Lt., Middlesex Regt. Ypres, 1.10.1915 (sic)." (Donated by the late Sir Sidney Byass, Bt.). Brass plaques (2) kept at Talbot House.
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Name on Haileybury College Memorial, gateway to Port Talbot Public Park, Glamorgan; plaque at East Surrey Hospital, Redhill

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Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936