Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 250

W ORLD W AR II

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

Name JOHN DE MONTJOIE RUDOLF (Flying Instructor)

Lef SES 1931

Roll Number 2254 Died 14:09:1943

Arrive SES 1926

Set / House G

Where HADDON, HUNTINGDONSHIRE Serving with R.A.F.V.R. (FLYING INSTRUCTION)

Age 31

Buried St. John The Evangelist Churchyard, Sidcup, Kent Remembered The St. Edward’s School WW2 Memorial

Born Sidcup, Kent 1912. He was a House Prefect, School Rowing IV 1931, 2nd XV Rugby Football, Shooting VIII, School Play, Sergeant OTC & Classical VIth Form. ‘All through his School career, he gave his best, holding a good balance between intellectual achievement and athletics. He was in the Classical VIth, the School Play and represented his House in boxing, swimming, shooting and especially on the river (his great forte). He was a member of the School IV and Shooting VIII. He was a House Prefect and in that capacity served the House well. There are many vivid memories of a strong and reliable personality, saying little, but doing a lot more’ (Chronicle). He went up to Oriel College, Oxford leaving two years later. After a time in the business world and the war interrupting, he joined the R.A.F.V.R. in 1940. He chose to become a Flying Instructor in the General Duties Branch of the service and was lost in a flying accident in late 1943 over Kent. ‘Spun into the ground at Bate’s Lodge near Haddon, Hunts when control was lost while performing aerobatics during a training flight’ (Official Report). He was a married man (1934) with five children.