Today we remember …
20th September 1914. Aubrey Barrington-Kennett, C Social, 1905. 2nd Lt, 2nd Bn, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. Died of wounds received during the First Battle of the AisneHe was the youngest of four brothers. Two of his brothers, Basil and Victor, also fell in WW1. The composer George Butterworth probably came to teach at Radley through his close connection with the Barrington-Kennett family. Butterworth dedicated his greatest work, ‘The Shropshire Lad’ cycle, to Aubrey’s eldest brother. Aubrey himself features in the history of the Regiment published in 2012. |