Capt. Theodore Emmanuel (Michel) Rodocanachi, DSO MC^[1]

1889 - 1983  (94 years)

• Name	Theodore Emmanuel (Michel) Rodocanachi
  Title	Capt.
  Suffix	DSO MC
  Birth	06 Jan 1889	London, England UK
  Christening	14 Feb 1889	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	God-parents: Theodore E. Rodocanachi (represented by M. E. Rodocanachi.) [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	08 Feb 1983	The Green Farm, Tidmington, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England UK
  	His estate was valued at £2,709,906 net. He left £10,000 each to the National Association of Almshouses, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Army Benevolent Fund The Times (London), 30 May 1983, pg. 12.
  Cremation	Warwickshire, England UK
  	Memorial service held at St. Edmund's Church, Shipston on Stour, noon 24 Feb 1983.
  Notes	Residence: 1920, The Hill, Broadway, Worcs, England; at DOD The Green Farm, Tidmington, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England. Education: Eton. Served 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 18 June 1917. Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi, 3rd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, made Second Lieutenants, on probation, 27 Feb 1915 (London Gazette 26 Feb 1915); T.E. Rodocanachi, M.C. (Hamps. R. Spec. Res.). to be actg. Capt. whilst comdg. a Co. 18 July 1916.(London Gazette 21 Nov 1916). Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.: Lt. T.E. Rodocanachi, M.C. (Hamps. R., Spec. Res.). to be temp. Capt, 1 Oct. 1916 (London Gazette 16 Feb 1917). Lt. T. E. Rodocanachi, M.C. (Hamps. R., Spec. Res.), relinquishes the actg. rank of Capt. on ceasing to comd. a Co., 19 Oct 1916 (London Gazette 1 Dec 1916). In the King's conferring of the Military Cross, the citation reads: "Second Lieutenant Theodore Emmanuel Rodocanachi, 3rd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, attached 5th Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. For conspicuous gallantry at Railway Wood on 17th October, 1915. When a mine had been exploded under one of the trenches he went forward under rifle fire to reconnoitre the crater, one bullet going through his cap. Later, when the Germans fired some shells on a working party in the crater, Second Lieutenant Rodocanachi, by his personal example and coolness, kept the men at work, although several were hit, until a satisfactory trench had been made." (London Gazette 16 Nov 1915) Dispatches: 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. He was co-executor of the estate of his sister Ariadne (London Gazette 22 Feb 1966). 1911 England census for 58 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, London W, household headed by Michel Michel Rodocanachi, 54; married 27 years, 5 children born, 4 living; steamship director; wife Despina, 50; son Theodore, 22, single, steamship director; daughters Elsie. 19; Helen, 13, both single, all b. London; 7 servants.
  Person ID	I1679	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Michel Michel (Michael) Rodocanachi,   b. 08 Nov 1856, London, England UK d. 16 Dec 1911, 58 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England UK (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Despina (George) Scaramanga,   b. 20 Feb 1861, London, England UK d. 12 Apr 1914, Cecils Manor Road, Worthing, West Sussex, England UK (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	26 Jan 1884	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	Marriage Witnesses: E. M. Rodocanachi and F. Rodocanachi; Hieronymous Myriantheus presiding; entry 131. [3]
  Family ID	F717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 06 Jan 1889 - London, England UK Christening - 14 Feb 1889 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Death - 08 Feb 1983 - The Green Farm, Tidmington, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England UK Cremation - - Warwickshire, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		58 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England Michel and Despina Rodocanachi resided at this address at the time of their deaths, in 1911 and 1914, respectively, presumably with their surviving children; photo 2009.
  		58 Westbourne Terrace, Bayswater, London, England detail

  
  

  Documents		T.E. Rodocanachi WWI medal card
  		West Norwood Cemetery Register for plot 28365, sq. 28, Greek plan no. 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] 1911 England Census. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Dec 1976, 7. Records of Baptisms from the Church of St. Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Jul 1977, 12. Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]