Venables G R 2nd Lt Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
SECOND LIEUTENANT G. R. VENABLES
3RD BATTALION THE KING’S (SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY)
GILBERT ROWLAND VENABLES was the eldest son of Rowland George Venables (O.R., 1859-65), Barrister-at-Law, J.P. of the County of Salop, of Oakhurst, Oswestry.
He entered the School in 1895, and passed on to University College, Oxford, in 1899, where he obtained a Second Class in the School of Modern History. He was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1905, and practised for some years on the Oxford Circuit. He was a member of the Oswestry Rural District Council, and J.P. for the County of Denbigh.
On the outbreak of War he volunteered for active service, and was appointed on probation to the 3rd Battalion of the Shropshire Light Infantry in September, 1914. He was shot in the trenches in North France on March 7th, 1915. Age 34-
The Commanding Officer wrote:-
“He was just leaving the trenches at the time. He had made himself very popular here, always cheery and in good spirits, and had proved himself a really good Officer during his short time with us. One could trust him anywhere, in spite of his very short training.”
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1