Walter Rhodes | |
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Born | Walter Eustace Rhodes 1872 |
Died | (aged 46) |
Cause of death | Killed in action |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Historian |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Private |
Service number | 79174 |
Unit | Devonshire Regiment |
Battles/wars | First World War † |
Walter Eustace Rhodes (1872 – 13 July 1918) was an English historian, translator, librarian and soldier. [1]
Rhodes was the son of John and Ellen Rhodes, of Cheetham, Manchester. [2] From 1895 until his resignation in 1903 he was the librarian of Owens College Library. [3]
During the First World War he served as a private in the Devonshire Regiment. He was killed on 13 July 1918 and is memorialised on the war memorial of the University of Manchester. [4]
Rhodes made several contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography. He also had material published by the Chetham Society
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