MEYRICKE Rupert John Chabbert. Major, 58th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 26th January 1916.
(Wills and Admin, Ancestry) Rupert John Chabbert Meyricke of Nubie House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in the Royal Field Artillery died 26th January 1916 at the Royal Naval Hospital, Bighi, Malta. His effects went to Mabel Meyricke, spinster. He was the son of Edward and Evelyn Maria of Nubie House. He was born 19th June 1877, baptised at All Saints church Chelteham on the 30th May 1878. He was a student at Cheltenham College in 1889
Extract from Great War Lives Lost. http://greatwarliveslost.com/category/artillery/
Major Rupert Charles Chabbert Meyricke (Royal Field Artillery) dies of illness contracted on Gallipoli at age 38. His brother Robert died of illness in the South African War and Robert’s twin died in a steeplechase accident in 1905.
At rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot C Row XI Grave 1
Rupert Meyricke
Major Meyricke did not die of illness in Malta. Yes he was hospitalised with jaundice and an ulcerated leg, but he committed suicide by shooting himself on the day he was due to be repatriated to England on HS Soudan
I have asked the sender for some provenance to help us confirm that information.
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confirmation can be found at the National Archives, personal file WO 374/47518 and the personal and medical records and the Board of Inquiry findings therein.
Those records can be seen on the CWGC. They are very useful when anomalies are found on the memorials. B, had a field day when the the Malta graves where checked.
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