Underhill R B Pte 1685 13th London Regiment
UNDERHILL, RAYMOND BENWELL, Private, No. 1685, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensingtons) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Richardson Underhill, Watchmaker and Jeweller, by his wife, Annie (123, Holland Park Avenue, W.), dau. of James Benwell, of Knightsbridge; b. Kensington, W., 9 Oct. 1881; educ. St. Mary Abbotts Higher Grade School there ; joined the 4th Middlesex Volunteers afterwards, in 1907, the 13th London Territorials, and served eight years; went to Canada in March, 1907; returned to England in 1909, and went into business as a watchmaker and jeweller at 39, Earl’s Court Road, Kensington; rejoined his old regt. immediately war was declared; volunteered for foreign service; went to France in Oct., and died at No. 6 Clearing Station, Merville, 11 Feb. 1915, from appendicitis contracted while on active service; unm. Buried in Merville Cemetery, France (Grave No. E 10).
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1