Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 154

W ORLD W AR II

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name ARTHUR IAN BRUCE CUMMING (Lt)

Lef SES 1941

Roll Number 3188 Died 19:04:1944

Set / House A

Arrive SES 1937

Where ANZIO, ITALY

Age 21

Serving with 2ND BATT, ROY SCOTS FUSILIERS

Buried Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy

Remembered The Link School WW2 Roll of Honour and The St. Edward’s School WW2 Memorial

Born 1923, the son of an army regular Brigadier. He was a School Prefect, a member of the Rugby Football XV 1940/1 (Captain in 1941), Hockey XI 1941, Senior Under Officer OTC, and the History VIth Form. He left the School with the Second World War in its second year and enlisted in the Indian Army, with a commission as a Second Lieutenant and was immediately sent out to India. By 1943 he was promoted to Lieutenant with the 3rd Royal Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment. In 1944 he transferred to the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers and was sent to Italy. He died of his wounds sustained during the landings at Anzio in April 1944. ‘It is acknowledged on all sides that in his leadership of men in action, he lived up to his family traditions’ (Chronicle).