Codd, Stephen Arthur Herbert, 1891-1916
- GB-2014-WSA-05045
- Person
- 1891-1916
Codd, Stephen Arthur Herbert, only son of Arthur William Codd, of West Hampstead, by Florence, daughter of William Whitley, of Woodstock, co. Oxon.; b. Oct. 24, 1891; adm. as K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left July 1910; entered the office of the High Commissioner for South Africa, but in 1913 went to King's Coll. London with the intention of taking holy orders; gained the Wordsworth Latin Prize in the Intermediate B. D. Exam. in 1914; enlisted in the Univs. and Pub. Schools Batt. of the Royal Fusiliers Sept. 3, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 11th (Service) Batt. Gloucestershire Regt. Dec. 18, 1914; was attached to the 7th Batt. and went out to Gallipoli Sept. 24, 1915, but after the great blizzard there in Nov. was invalided home with frostbite; went out to the western front after his recovery Aug. 24, 1916; killed in action at High Wood on the Somme Sept. 9, 1916; unm.