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<span class=prefix>(Poet) Lieutenant</span> Alec Corry Vully de Candole

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(Poet) Lieutenant Alec Corry Vully de Candole Veteran

Birth
Cheltenham, Cheltenham Borough, Gloucestershire, England
Death
3 Sep 1918 (aged 21)
Aubigny-en-Artois, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Aubigny-en-Artois, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
IV. A. 8.
Memorial ID
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A tribute to Lieutenant Alexander ('Alec') C. V. de Candole, noted scholar, poet and essayist who was lost during the First World War, can be seen at http://www.spanglefish.com/AlecDeCandole/

[with thanks to contributor RobinClay (47734411) for providing this information].


1897 March Quarter birth registration-

Name: De Candole, Alec Corry V

District: Cheltenham (Volume & Page: 6a & 397)


Military Service-

Rank: Lieutenant

Age: 21

Service: Wiltshire Regiment

Division: 4th Battalion, attached 49th Battalion of Machine Gun Corps


Son of the Venerable Canon Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole and Helen Edith (née Thompson) de Candole of Little Cloisters, Westminster, London.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.


**In March 1919, de Candole's book, "Essays on Religion and Life," (The Faith of a Subaltern) was published by Cambridge University Press.

**And his 83 poems were published privately by his father in October 1919.

A tribute to Lieutenant Alexander ('Alec') C. V. de Candole, noted scholar, poet and essayist who was lost during the First World War, can be seen at http://www.spanglefish.com/AlecDeCandole/

[with thanks to contributor RobinClay (47734411) for providing this information].


1897 March Quarter birth registration-

Name: De Candole, Alec Corry V

District: Cheltenham (Volume & Page: 6a & 397)


Military Service-

Rank: Lieutenant

Age: 21

Service: Wiltshire Regiment

Division: 4th Battalion, attached 49th Battalion of Machine Gun Corps


Son of the Venerable Canon Henry Lawe Corry Vully de Candole and Helen Edith (née Thompson) de Candole of Little Cloisters, Westminster, London.


He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.


**In March 1919, de Candole's book, "Essays on Religion and Life," (The Faith of a Subaltern) was published by Cambridge University Press.

**And his 83 poems were published privately by his father in October 1919.


Inscription

(Epitaph...)
QUIS SEPARABIT

[meaning: "Who shall separate us?" — motto of the Order of St. Patrick]


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  • Maintained by: SJB Hearn
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56153044/alec_corry_vully-de_candole: accessed ), memorial page for (Poet) Lieutenant Alec Corry Vully de Candole (26 Jan 1897–3 Sep 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56153044, citing Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Aubigny-en-Artois, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).