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Captain Ralph Kite - A Tragically Familiar Great War Story

The first of our Lockdown Lectures covering the Great War, A Very Parfit Gentil Knight explores a story that would be tragically familiar to many families during the era. Captain Ralph Kite died of wounds inflicted during the attack on Beaumont-Hamel during the Battle of Ancre on the 13 November 1916 while commanding D Company of 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He had been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry just the month before the fateful battle. His story can now be told thanks to the work of his great-nephew Simon Harris, author of the authoritative History of the 43rd and 52nd (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry in the Great War 1914-1918 Volume II The 52nd Light Infantry in France and Belgium. If you’d like to donate, supporting the museum to preserve Oxfordshire’s military history and heritage, go to: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/16890 If you’d like to visit us in Woodstock, go to www.sofo.org.uk/visit-us/ to plan your trip. Please note: this talk was first streamed live via the museum’s website on 25 May 2021, some events and exhibitions referenced in the intro and Q&A segments may have already passed. See www.sofo.org.uk for up to date info on our current and upcoming events and exhibitions. Speaker & Host: Brigadier (Retired) David Innes Video produced, filmed and edited by: Clive Smith Special Thanks: Simon Harris, for sharing his great-uncle’s story, and appearing for our Q&A session. Sponsors: EP Barrus Ltd