Name
Robert Edward Dewing (DSO)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/04/1918
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant Colonel
Royal Engineers
8th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (Commanding)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
POZIERES MEMORIAL
Panel 10 to 13.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 4 Aug 1888 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk son of Rev. Richard Standly and Dorothea Susanna (Pettiward) Dewing. Educated at Haileybury College 1901-06 and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Obtained his commission 2nd Lieutenant R.E. on 23 Jul 1909 He married Ruby Edith Boulderson in Jan 1913 in Portsmouth and had one daughter.
Wartime Service
He entered France in 1915. Promoted to Captain, he was wounded twice and was awarded DSO on 25 Aug 1916. “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when preparing for the offensive and later when consolidating positions won. Though wounded early one morning he stuck to his post all day, and drove off an enemy counter-attack with great determination." In Jul 1917 was made C.O. 8th Berkshire Regiment and was killed in action while leading his men in an attack.
Additional Information
Obituary in the Times 18 Apr 1918.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
