HENDICOTT, Reuben Philip

Rue David Military Cemetery, FranceCredit: CWGC

Lance Corporal
1st Battalion
Worcestershire Regiment

Ruben was born 1893 in Newport to Frank & Fanny (nee MARRIOTT) HENDICOTT who were living at 8 Caesars Road in Newport around the time of Ruben’s death. Previously the family had lived at 34 Bedford Place, Carisbrooke Road in Newport.

Ruben, aged 21, was Killed in Action on the 31st of August 1915. He rests in the Rue-David Military Cemetery in France beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: “THY WILL BE DONE”, alongside 897 of his First World War comrades, of whom 429 remain unidentified.

Ruben is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.