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 second lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), attached to the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, he was killed in action near Neuve-Chappelle, France, aged 22.[1][2] He was also mentioned in dispatches. His 19-year-old brother, Second Lieutenant Sidney 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.
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