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   Major Andrew William P Todd M.C.
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Dated added: 11/01/2020   Last updated: 31/05/2024
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps (British Army)
Died: 15/03/1942 (Died of Illness)
Age: 49
Summary      
Andrew William Palethorpe Todd was the only son of Andrew and Ellen Todd. Andrew Todd (senior) was a county court judge and later Recorder for Londonderry. Andrew was born about 1893 in Dublin City. He was educated at the Trinity College in Dublin. He served with the RAMC in WWI and was awarded an MM. In 1922 he became a GP in Moneymore for four years. On the outbreak of World War Two he was recalled for service as captain in the R.A.M.C. He became ill and died of pneumonia on 15th March 1942 in England.
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Cemetery Details
Cemetery: Brookwood Military Cemetery
  Woking, Surrey, 9
Grave Ref: Grave 5-J-6
CWGC Casualty 2929214
Summary      
Located 30 miles from London in Surrey, Brookwood Military Cemetery is the largest CWGC cemetery in the United Kingdom. The cemetery contains the graves of more than 1,600 servicemen of the British Empire in the First World War and over 3,470 from the Second World War. Brookwood Military Cemetery lies adjacent to Brookwood Cemetery (The London Necropolis), a vast space which covers 500 acres. In 1917, an area to the north of the cemetery was set aside as Brookwood Military Cemetery for men and women of Commonwealth forces who died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War.
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1 1901 Census lists Todd family Lists Andrew W P as age 8 living with the family at house 21 in Hatch Street Lower, Fitzwilliam, Dublin
2 1911 Census lists Todd family Lists Andrew W Palethorpe as age 18 living with the family at house 17 in Simmonscourt, Donnybrook, Dublin
3 Belfast Newsletter Details of actor Richard Todd
4 FindAGrave.com Photo of Major R A P Todd's grave
5 Forum discussion (GWF) Details of Andrew W Palethorpe Todd
6 Geneology website Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd - son of Andrew
7 Todd Family History Details of Dr Andrew W Palethorpe Todd
8 War Graves Photographic Project Photo of Major R A P Todd's grave can be purchased here
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