Name
Rupert Cholmeley Yea Dering
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/04/1915
31
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
King’s Own Scottish Borderers
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY
II. M. 52.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 7 Apr 1883 in Cork, Ireland son of Col. Edgar Dering (K.O. Scottish Borderers) and Marianna Emily (Harding) Dering. Educated at Haileybury College 1896-1900 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 18 Jan 1902, Lieutenant 29 Nov 1905. He married Helen Dering of 49 Brompton Square, Chelsea, London on 6 Aug 1914.
Wartime Service
He entered France on 15 Aug 1914 and was killed in action at Hill 60.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
