Kenneth Woodroffe

Kenneth Herbert Clayton Woodroffe (9 December 1892 - 13 May 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer who was killed in action during World War I

Woodroffe was born in Lewes, West Sussex and was educated at Marlborough College. He was a Right-hand batsman and bowled Right-arm fast. He played for Hampshire (1912-1913), Cambridge University (1913-1914), and Sussex (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, aged 22. [ [http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1564282 CWGC entry] ] . He was also Mentioned in Despatches. His 19-year-old brother, 2nd Lieutenant Sidney Clayton Woodroffe (8th Rifle Brigade), was killed two months after him in 1915 while showing such bravery that he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

References

* [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/6/6936/6936.html Cricket Archive profile]
* [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22490.html Cricket Info profile]