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Regiment: Royal Sussex Regt.
Died: 09 February 1918 aged 35 in France. Died of wounds.
Cemetery: Crois Du Bac Brit Steenwerck I E 5
Son of Colonel J. G. and Louise Uppleby, 32 Leinster Gardens, W. Born 26th Jan 1883.
Army II—Modern I. Ledbury Cap.
Underwriter at Lloyd's.
Great War, Private Royal Fusiliers; 1914; 2nd Lieutenant 12th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment.
'When he first came to Malvern he was intended for the Army, but eventually changed on to the Modern Side, and on leaving became a member of Lloyds', where he was working when the war broke out. He will, perhaps, be best remembered for his running. He was overshadowed by Barnes and Warlock, but in style he was infinitely superior to either of the others. In September 1914 he joined a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and was on active service in France for six months. Being offered a commission in February 1916, he joined a battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. He was wounded in October 1916 and invalided home till March 1917. Since then, till the time of his death from wounds on February 9th, he has continued on active service. Of a quiet and retiring disposition, he was universally popular amongst Malvernians of his time, and his death will bring grief to all who knew him.' (Malvernian, Mar 1918).
'He sustained gunshot injuries to both legs on the 15th of October 1916 and was evacuated to England from Boulogne on the 18th of October on board the St. Denis,
landing at Dover the following day. He relinquished the rank of Acting Captain on the 19th of October 1916 upon ceasing to command a company.
On the 27th of November 1916 a Medical Board was convened at Millbank which reported the following:
“He is suffering from the effects of gunshot wounds of right and left legs. The wound of right leg has quite healed, that of left leg is still open but doing well.”
He joined the 7th Battalion of his regiment in the field on the 8th of February 1918, and was wounded the following day when his billet in the Rue de Bataille was hit by a shell. He died later in the day at the 38th Field Ambulance, Advanced Dressing Station.' Lloyds