Roland Henry SUMMERS
| Unit |
48th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery, 48th Division, T.F., B.E.F. |
| Service Number | 831788 |
| Rank | Driver |
| Nature of Death | Died of pneumonia, Italy 11/10/1918 |
| Age | 25 |
| Burial/Commemoration | Arquata Scrivia Communal Cemy Extension, Italy: I C 12 |
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Malvern Commemoration
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St Matthias, Malvern Link and the Church of the Ascension, Newtown |
| Next of Kin | Son of George and Agnes Fanny Summers of Northfield Cottage, Newtown Road. |
| Education | - |
| Previous Employment | Gas Meter Inspector at Malvern UDC Gasworks |
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Born in 1893, Driver Roland Henry Summers of the Royal Field Artillery after languishing in hospital for two months, long after the war in Italy had drawn to a close. He had been suffering from dysentery and had been sent to a convalescent home where he contracted pneumonia after a bout of 'flu. Before enlisting at Malvern in May 1916 he was in the employ of Malvern UDC as a junior clerk at the Gas Works and afterwards a gas meter inspector.
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