Lieutenant Richard Edward Cromwell Weigall

Army Number: n/a

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Regiment.

British 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Son of Major and Mrs Weigall, of 3, Christchurch Road, Winchester. Educated at Bedford and Sandhurst. Went to France on 11th September 1914 with the 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Regiment. Joined the 1st Battalion in France on 23rd December 1914. Killed in action, 11th March 1915, age 23, whilst advancing through an orchard to occupy some broken-down houses during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.

Lieutenant Richard Edward Cromwell Weigall art1 — Nottingham Evening Post 17th March 1915.

Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, France. Panel 26 and 27.+