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2nd Lieutenant John Follansbee Bredin DELAP
2nd Lieutenant John Follansbee Bredin DELAP.
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the Rev. Louis Bredin Delap and
Jennie Charlotte Delap, of Benhall Vicarage, Saxmundham, Suffolk. Killed 18
October 1916. Aged 19.
Buried A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS.
(CWGC incorrectly states battalion = 1st Battalion).
Notes from Repton School archives;-
"Born July 30th 1897, the son of the Reverend Louis Bredin Delap and
Jennie Charlotte Delap, of Benhall Vicarage, Saxmundham, Suffolk. New 1912
– 1915 Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 8/15. Second Lieutenant, 2nd
Yorkshire Regiment, 12/15. France 7/16. Killed in Action on the Somme 18/10/16
aged 19.
Although not brilliant, he was a very useful member of the House both in work
and games. He entered Sandhurst in August 1915 and received his commission
in December of the same year. On October 18th 1916 he was reported wounded
and missing, but is now believed to have been killed. His fellow officers
and men report that he behaved splendidly in the night attack, was hit once
while moving forward with the front line of his company, but got up again
and went on. Hit the second time, he refused all help from his men, saying,
“Never mind me, go on,” and waved them on to the attack. “A
splendid example,” his Adjutant writes, “of self-sacrificing gallantry.”
Another officer writes: “Although one of the youngest, he was one of
the most valuable officers we have had. I don’t think he knew what fear
was, or if he did, he never showed it, which is still finer.” The
Reptonian, June 1917
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