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Cecil Francis Burney Rolt (1920-1945)

Soldier
Service No:159811
Rank:Captain
Known as:Nick
Service:Royal Military College Sandhurst. Commissioned 2nd Lieut, 7 Dec 1940. Attached 29th Armoured Brigade Headquarters
KIA:6 Apr 1945
Burial:Becklingen War Cemetery. Plot 10. Row J. Grave 10.
Commemorated:War Memorial, Lancing College
War Memorial, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Book of Remembrance, Terling, Essex [Part 1] [Part 2 (with photos)]
Mentioned in:
23H Story
Page 223
Casualty List
Record
Press
The Times, 19 Feb 1944
The Times, 27 Apr 1945
The Times, 27 Apr 1945
Images:[Photo]
Civilian
Residence:Lancing College (1933-1937),
Grenoble University
Birth:22 Jun 1920 in South Africa
Marriage: to Lavinia Mary Yolande Lyttelton 15 Feb 1945 registered in Westminster, London
Children:none
Images:[Photo]
Parents
Cecil Henry Rolt, MA (Oxon)Mary Foxley-Norris
Dean of Cape Town, South Africa.
Birth 10 May 1865 in Limpsfield, Surrey.
Baptism 1 Jul 1865 at St Peter's church, Limpsfield.
Death 14 Sep 1926 in Romford, Essex.
Birth 5 Apr 1885 in Medway, Kent.
Baptism 4 May 1885 at St Mary's church, Catham, Kent. Death 16 May 1959 in Braintree, Essex.
Marriage 30 Aug 1910 at St John the Baptist church, Halifax, West Yorkshire.

Notes

Nick was killed 19 days after his wedding.