Malvern College First World War Casualty

2nd Lieut Will Bernard Rodney

House and time at Malvern: No 9, 1905 - 1907.

Regiment: Royal West Kent Regt.
Died: 21 April 1917 aged 25 in Belgium. Killed in action.
Cemetery: Dickebusch New Military C 12

Son of William and Laura Rosenthal, 6 Belsize Park, N.W. b. 1892.
Lower Modern II—Modern I.
Studied at Lausanne.
In business in London.
Great War, Artists Rifles 1915; 2nd Lieutenant "D" Coy. 11th Bn. W. Kent Regt.

'After leaving School he studied languages for some time at Lausanne, and eventually went into business in London. In September 1915 he joined the Artists Rifles, and six months later gazetted to a commission in the Royal West Kent Regt. He was killed in action on April 21st. He will be remembered by his friends as a quiet, unassuming boy, who was always willing to do a kindness for anyone. He had good abilities, and promised to do really well in the career which he had adopted.' (Malvernian, Jun 1917).

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