Kenneth Herbert Clayton Woodroffe (9 December 1892 - 13 May 1915) was an English first-class

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 cricket

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er and British Army

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 officer who was killed in action

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 during World War I

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Woodroffe was born in Lewes

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, East Sussex

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 and was educated at Marlborough College

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. He was a Right-hand batsman and bowled Right-arm fast. He played for Hampshire

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 (1912-1913), Cambridge University

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 (1913-1914), and Sussex

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 (1914).

On May 9, 1915, as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion Rifle Brigade, attached to 2nd Welsh Regiment, he was killed in action near Neuve-Chappelle, France

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, aged 22.. He was also Mentioned in Despatches. His 19-year-old brother, 2nd Lieutenant Sidney Clayton Woodroffe

Sidney Clayton Woodroffe

Sidney Clayton Woodroffe VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...

 (8th Rifle Brigade), was killed two months after him in 1915 while showing such bravery that he was awarded the Victoria Cross

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