Driver Roland Henry Summers (831788)
48th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery, 48th Division, T.F., B.E.F.
Malvern Commemoration: St Matthias Malvern Link
Burial/Commemoration: Arquata Scrivia Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy
Nature of Death: Died of pneumonia, Italy 11/10/1918
Age: 25
Next of Kin: Son of George and Agnes Fanny Summers of Northfield Cottage, Newtown Road.
Previous Employment: Gas Meter Inspector at Malvern UDC Gasworks
Born in 1893, Driver Roland Henry Summers of the Royal Field Artillery [1] 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 Urban District Council as a junior clerk at the Gas Works and afterwards a gas meter inspector.
Roland Summers is also commemorated at the Church of the Ascension, Newtown [2].
Peter Caton 2018
Malvern News 2/11/18
1901 Census
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[1] Royal Field Artillery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery
[2] Church of the Ascension, Newtown: https://www.malvernremembers.org.uk/memorials/church-of-the-ascension-newtown
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