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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
One of the first members to perish was killed barely a few weeks into the war during the retreat following the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914. Hon Archer Windsor-Clive, a professional cricketer and lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, was only twenty-three years old when he died in the successful British defence of the village of Landrecies, in the face of a surprise German attack on 25 August. He was one of a great number of casualities suffered by the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on this day; indeed, 133 members of his battalion were killed, wounded or missing in action after the encounter. Windsor-Clive, the third son of the First Earl of Plymouth, represents the generation of men, regardless of wealth and background, who died at a tragically young age defending their country. In the normal course of events, these young officers - members of RUSI - would have been destined to become the nation's military and political leaders. Windsor- Clive is buried at the Landrecies Communal Cemetery in France.
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