Tufnell C W Lt 2nd Grenadier Guards
LIEUTENANT CARLETON WYNDHAM TUFNELL, 2nd BATTN. GRENADIER GUARDS, third son of Carleton Fowell Tufnell, of Watendone Manor, Kenley, nephew and of Rear-Admiral Lionel Grant Tufnell, C.M.G.. was born at Sydenham, Kent, on the 5th August, 1892.
He was educated at Eton, where he was captain of the Cricket XI, and for two years captain of the Football XI; was the winner of the Victor Ludorum Cup, President of the Eton Society, and winner of the King’s medal in the O.T.C. Passing through the R.M.C., Sandhurst, he joined the Grenadier Guards in September, 1912, becoming Lieutenant in September, 1914, and being for some time in the King’s Company in the 1st Battalion.
Lieutenant Tufnell was killed on the 6th November, 1914, while proceeding in command of his machine-gun section to defend a wood near Ypres, and was buried in Zillebeke Churchyard. He was a member of the M.C.C. and I Zingari. While at school he played for two years in the Eton v. Harrow and Eton v. Winchester matches. He represented the Army in Association Football v. the Dutch Army on two occasions, and was a prominent member of the Household Brigade Cricket Club.
Source : The Bond Of Sacrifice Vol 1
Tufnell C W Lt 2nd Grenadier Guards
Source : The War Illustrated Vol 1
TUFNELL, CARLETΤΟΝ WYNDHAM, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, 3rd s.of Carleton Fowell Tufnell, of Waterdone Manor, Kenley, Surrey, by his wife, Laura Gertrude, dau. of William Parker Charsley, of Ceylon, M.D.; b. Sydenham, co. Kent, 5 Aug. 1892; educ. Eton and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Grenadier Guards, 4 Sept. 1912; left for France in Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. He was mortally wounded near Klein Zillebeke, during the first Battle of Ypres, on the evening of 6 Nov. 1914, dying shortly after he reached hospital. He was machine gun officer of his Battn., and was hit whilst taking up a position. Buried in Zillebeke Churchyard; unm.
At Eton, Lieut. Tufnell was one of the best all-round athletes that the school has known. He was captain of the Eleven, Keeper of the Field (two years), Keeper of Oppidon Wall and Mixed Wall, and President of the Eton Society (“Pop.”). He won the Victor Ludorum Prize at athletic sports, and the King’s medal in the O.T.C. At Sandhurst, he was captain of the cricket, association football, and athletic team, and later played cricket for the Household Brigade, M.C.C., and Zingari, and represented the British Army against the Dutch Army at “Soccer,” both in England and Holland, in the season of 1914-15.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1