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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