C. K. Rhodes

After university he sought a position in the Indian Civil Service, gaining acceptance on 13 October 1913.

He was commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers as a second lieutenant in 1915[4] and was attached to the North Staffordshire Regiment..

Mrs Rhodes was a campaigner and lobbyist for women's rights in India[citation needed], and in particular for the abolition of Sati, the practice of burning alive of widows on their husbands' funeral pyres.

Rhodes corresponded with Violet Markham, public servant, writer and women's rights activist from 1918 to 1919.

[7] Rhodes was killed on 6 January 1941 when the Indian National Airways plane crashed in flames shortly after taking off from the Delhi aerodrome.