Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameCapt. Theodore Emmanuel (Michel) Rodocanachi DSO MC, 5C2R
Birth6 Jan 1889, London, England
Death8 Feb 1983
Burial MemoCremated. Memorial service held at St. Edmund's Church, Shipston-on-Stour, noon 24 Feb 1983.
Baptism14 Feb 1889, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England
ResidenceThe Hill, Broadway, Worcs, England
Residence8 Feb 1983, The Green Farm, Tidmington, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England
MemoSee The Times.
EducationEton.
Note 1Served in WWl in which he appears to have been wounded. Hampshire Regt. (Special Reserves) attached to Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. Three times mentioned in despatches for gallant service. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order on June 18th. 1917.
Note 2Dispatches: Went forward under fire to reconnoitre a crater after a mine had exploded under a trench at Railway Wood, 17 Oct 1915 (despite a bullet passing through his cap) and by personal example under fire kept his men at work producing a safe trench.
Note 3Dispatches: Led his company to their objective despite heavy fire and despite being injured on three separate occasions during the advance. Consolidated his position and continued to command until finally incapacitated.
God-parentsTheodore E. Rodocanachi (represented by M. E. Rodocanachi.)
Flags***, Avierino, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Caradja, Coressi, Franghiadi, Giustiniani Ig, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Salvago, Scanavi, Scaramanga, Schilizzi, Vouro, Zygomala
FatherMichel Michel (Michael) Rodocanachi (1856-1911)
MotherDespina (George) Scaramanga (1861-1914)