Name
Eric Randolf Cholmeley
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 21 May 1895 in West Kensington, London son of Randolf Lucas and Clara Louise (Homfray) Cholmeley. Educated at Haileybury College 1909-12.
Wartime Service
Entered France on 5 Nov 1914. He was killed in action on the first day of the battle of the Somme while crossing no-man’s land in Mash Valley towards Ovillers la Boiselle. 8 Officers and 421 men were lost in this attack.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
