Cyprian Slocock, G Social 1910. Captain, Ox & Bucks LI. Died of wounds received in an unknown engagement

At school he was Junior Scholar and a Prefect.

died at a hospital abroad on April 3 of wounds received on March 25, aged 21, was the youngest son of the late Rev. F. H. Slocock, rector of Mottisfont, and of Mrs. Slocock, North Lodge, Maidenhead. He was educated at Lambrook, whence he gained a classical scholarship at Radley in 1910. He received his commission in November, 1914. and went to France in August, 1915. He was wounded on the Somme in 1916, and returned to the front the following year, since when he had seen much fighting. His death is in a sense one of the peculiar tragedies of this war. He was, when war broke out, looking forward to going up to Oxford and had no military desires. He was a prefect, and had been joint Editor of the Radleian, and had won the Sixth Form prize, and his instincts all pointed to a literary career. He cheerfully gave up all for his country. He became one of a little band of Old Radleian officers in the Oxford and Bucks L.l. – a sadly thinned band now alas! Ben Slocock left Radley with a singularly blameless record which he maintained to the end – an end which none was more ready to meet than he. He has fallen ‘Sed miles sed pro patria’

He is buried at Boulogne East Cemetery, Pas de Calais.

His two nephews were awarded War Memorial Scholarships at Radley.  He features in the official history of the regiment.

Aged 21