Second Lieutenant Ronald Cedric Louis SUDBURY (1934)

Burma Auxiliary Force
Born 4 May 1915 in Droitwich
Died 23 December 1941, aged 26
Commemorated on the Taukkyan Memorial, Yangon (formerly Rangoon), Burma.

Ronald Sudbury was the son of Ronald Edwin George Sudbury and Alberta Alice, née Rogers, of Worcester.

He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Worcester, where he captained the 1934 2nd XI cricket team.

After leaving Merton with a third class honours degree in 1938, he entered the Burmese Civil Service and took up a post in Rangoon. He enlisted in the militia and was taught anti-aircraft gunnery.

On 23 December 1941 Sudbury was in charge of a 40mm gun team when the aerodrome they were defending came under attack from Japanese aircraft.  A bomb fell directly onto the gun pit, instantly killing Ronald and six other men alongside him.