Name
Rupert Price Hallowes (VC, MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/09/1915
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
V C, M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Enclosure No.4 XIV. B. 36.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey
Plaque in North East Surrey Hospital Plaque in X-Ray Room, Aberavon General Hospital, Port Talbot
Gateway to Taibach Memorial Park, Port Talbot.
Pre War
Born on 6 May 1881 at Checkley House, Redhill, Surrey son of Frederick Blackwood F.R.C.S. and Mary Ann Taylor (Hutchinson) Hallowes of Dan-y-Ffynnon, Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Educated at Haileybury College 1894-97. Was works Manager in Port Talbot. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Joined the Artists’ Rifles on 5 Aug 1914 and gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in Apr 1915. Entered France on 27 Dec 1914 and was killed at Hooge. V.C. Citation "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the fighting at Hooge between 25th September and 1st October, 1915. Second Lieutenant Hallowes displayed throughout these days the greatest bravery and untiring energy, and set a magnificent example to his men during four heavy and prolonged bombardments. On more than one occasion he climbed up on the parapet, utterly regardless of danger, in order to put fresh heart into his men. He made daring reconnaissances of the German positions in our lines. When the supply of bombs was running short he went back under very heavy shell fire and brought up a fresh supply. Even after he was mortally wounded he continued to cheer those around him and to inspire them with fresh courage.” London Gazette, No. 29371, 16 Nov 1915.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
