Cecil Frederick Holcombe Calvert, was killed in action in France on September 14th, 1915, whilst serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the South Staffordshire Regiment, attached to the Tunnelling Section of the Royal Engineers. He was 22 years of age and had studied mining engineering and allied subjects at King’s College, Camborne, and the Royal School of Mines.
He obtained his commission in November, 1514, and went to France in the following May attached to the East Lancashire Regiment, subsequently, in August, being attached to the Royal Engineers. Just previous to his death, which was brought about by gas poisoning whilst attempting to rescue another man who had been overcome in a mining gallery in which a German counter-mine had been exploded, his name had been brought before the authorities with a recommendation for the award of the D.S.O., for conspicuous gallantry in attempting to rescue some men entombed in a gallery whilst exposed to heavy fire of the enemy.
Mr. Calvert was admitted to Studentship of the Institution in 1912.
Vol. 25, Trans I.M.M. 1915-16, p. 391
