Malvern College First World War Casualty

House and time at Malvern: No 5, 1904 - 1908.

Regiment: Royal Irish Rifles.
Died: 14 October 1914 aged 24 in France. Killed in action.
Battle: Battle of La Bassee. Cemetery: Vieille Chapelle New Lacouture V C 7

Born 20th December 1890. Son of Rev. Arthur Lewis Whitfeld (O.M.) and Mary Ellen Whitfeld (formerly Curzon), Hughenden Vicarage, High Wycombe.
Middle IV A—Army I. XL Football; House XI Cricket.
R.M.C. Sandhurst; Royal Irish Rifles 1910; Lieutenant 1914.
Great War; Despatches. 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles.

'His career at school was that of an unassuming good-hearted boy, who was everyone's friend and had no enemy. Clean and straight in his life, he held a promising position in his regiment, and had earned the reputation of a good horseman and keen sportsman.
He was mentioned in the despatches of Sir John French of Oct. 19th.' (Malvernian, Nov 1914).

He was killed in action at Croix Barbee, near Bethune.
IWM biography Detailed early biography at hughendenparishchurch

Service record:WO 339/7751
Unit War Diary: WO 95/1415/1