Shrewsbury House
Roll of Service
John "Jake" Reginald Tunnicliffe Paradise
09/08/1894 - 30/10/1917
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Kingston-on-Thames
Army
London Regiment (Artists Rifles)
1 / 28th Battalion
Private
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John Reginald Tunnicliffe Paradise was educated at Shrewsbury House Preparatory School and was part of the team which won the St David Shield for shooting in 1908 (See picture below). He attended Marlborough College from September 1908 to July 1911.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on the 27th of February 1915 but ended up in the ranks and re-enlisted at Kingston.
He was killed in action on the 30th of October, 1917 - aged 23.
He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial Panel 153 National Archive File WO 339/494
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