Caldwell R S 2nd Lt Army Cyclist Corps
CALDWELL, ROBERT SEDDON, 2nd Lient, Army Cyclist Corps, 4th . of the late John Shepherd Caldwell, by his wife, Anne Allee (Brookfield, Westhoughton), dau, of T. H. Seddon; 6. Platt Bridge, near Wigan, co. Lancaster, 15 June, 1894 edne. Church Institute, Bolton, and Denstone College was articled to the Estate Agents at Huntingdon. Messrs. Looker & Theakston; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Huntingdon Cyclist Corps (T.F.). 6 Aug. 1914; transferring to the Army Cyclist Corps, he served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Dec., and saw much service there, taking part in the engagements at Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert. Given chy, Lo Loos, and on the Somme with the 7th Division; received a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Army Cyclist Corps in Feb. 1918, and was killed in action while leading his men near Chateau Thierry 10 June following. Buried at Vaudières-sur-Marne. His Commanding Officer wrote: Although he had only been with us a very short time, we all felt his loss very much Indeed. He was very good at his work, and very plucky in the face of the enemy. He was killed when we were attacking a wood held by the Germans. A machine gun opened on his platoon: he immediately ordered his men to charge, leading them himself. He was killed instantaneously by a bullet through the brain. On a previous occasion your son captured a machine gun, and behaved very very bravely. He was a lad whom anyone might have been proud of, and a thoroughly good soldier.” He was awarded the French Croix de la Guerre avec Palme as an “Officier de la plus grande bravoure,” by General Berthelot commanding the 5th French Army; Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5