Name
John Edwin Ludlow
early 1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/06/1916
17
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
15/902
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
15th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS
I. C. 58.
France
Headstone Inscription
LET'S DO WHAT'S RIGHT & NOBLE AND SO MAKE DEATH PROUD TO TAKE US
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
John Edwin Ludlow was born in Langley Green, Warwickshire in the early months of 1899. His father was Ernest Horatio Ludlow, Brewer & Maltster, and mother Mary Ethel (nee Rodgers).
His education was at Glebe House, Hunstanton and Aldenham School.
Wartime Service
He joined 15th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment in Birmingham as a private (serial 15/902) and was in France by 21 Nov 1915. He died on 4 Jun 1915 and is buried near Arras with his comrades in arms from the same battalion.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs M E Ludlow pf Guilford House. Mortlake, London, ordered his headstone inscription: "LET'S DO WHAT'S RIGHT & NOBLE AND SO MAKE DEATH PROUD TO TAKE US"
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
