Rudolph Surr

Lieutenant Rudolph Vincent Surr was an American-born officer of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in California, the son of English-born Vincent and Paula Surr (née Krause), who had been born in the South Sea Isles to German parents. His family had emigrated to California in 1884."United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95Q-44B : accessed 12 September 2015), Edward Vincent Surr in household of Joseph Surr, Coronado Township Coronado city, San Diego, California, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,099. At the age of 10, Surr moved to England, living with relatives in Kidderminster.Letters of condolence to Mr & Mrs Krause of Kidderminster on the death of their nephew, Rudolf Vincent Surr, calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2015. He attended Malvern College and studied commerce at Birminghan University, following which he worked for Baldwin (Limited).The Times (41319), p. 10: "Fallen Officers". 8 November 1916.
After the outbreak of war, Surr successfully applied for naturalization, and took his oath on 27 September 1914.The London Gazette (28922), p. 7843. 2 October 1914, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2015. He initially enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and was commissioned in the 5th Worcesters on 18 May 1915.The London Gazette (29164), p. 4768. 17 May 1915, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 12 September 2015. Aged 25, Surr died on 31 October 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, while attached to the 24th Trench Mortar Battery.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial.
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*Surr, Rudolph Vincent, cwgc.org. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1916 deaths
Category:American military personnel
Category:American people of British descent
Category:British people of American descent
Category:British Army
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Thiepval Memorial
Category:Lieutenants