Name
Douglas Wingfield Roper
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/11/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Garrison Artillery
279th Siege Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
X. D. 4.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 6 May 1898 in Harold Wood, Essex son of H. B. and Edith Ellen Roper of 33 Lulworth Road, Birkdale, Lancashire. Educated at Haileybury College 1911-16.
Wartime Service
Formerly Private 245268 Liverpool Regiment, he obtained his commission in R.G.A on 15 Sep 1917 and died of wounds only seven days after arriving at the front.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
