Kenneth Woodroffe
Kenneth Herbert Clayton Woodroffe (9 December 1892 – 13 May 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer who was killed in action during World War I.
Woodroffe was born in Lewes, East Sussex and was educated at Marlborough College. He was a Right-hand batsman and bowled Right-arm fast. He played for Hampshire (1912–1913), Cambridge University (1913–1914), and Sussex (1914).
On 9 May 1915, as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion Rifle Brigade, attached to 2nd Welsh Regiment, he was killed in action near Neuve-Chappelle, France, aged 22.[1][2] He was also Mentioned in Despatches. His 19-year-old brother, 2nd Lieutenant Sidney Clayton Woodroffe (8th Rifle Brigade), was killed two months after him in 1915 while showing such bravery that he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
References[]
- ^ CWGC entry
- ^ "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 5 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
External links[]
- Cricket Archive profile[permanent dead link]
- Cricket Info profile
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