RADCLIFFE

William Yonge

Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Duke Of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Wounded at Sari Bair Gallipoli 10 August 1915, died of those wounds at Sazli Beit Gully 19 August 1915. Aged 20. Born 1 April 1895 in Rockbourne, Salisbury, Hampshire. Son of Arthur Caynton Radcliffe and Katharine Susanna Radcliffe, of "Thelbridge," Keswick Rd., Boscombe, Bournemouth. Religious denomination Church of England. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 156 to 158. Also commemorated on Rockbourne War Memorial, Hampshire. See also William Yonge Radcliffe – Remembered at Salisbury Infirmary

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 256:

RADCLIFFE, WILLIAM YONGE, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. The Wiltshire Regt., only surv. s. of the Rev. Arthur Caynton Radcliffe, Rector of Rockbourne, Salisbury, by his wife, Katharine Susanna, dau. of John Mack, of Paston Hall, co. Norfolk; b. Rockbourne, co. Hants, 1 April, 1895; educ. Charterhouse, where he was head of his house, a school monitor, and a Sergt. in the O.T.C., and should have gone into residence at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in Oct. 1914; but on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial Service, and obtained a commission in the Wiltshire Regt. 26 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles June, 1915, and died in Sazli Beit Gully 15 Aug. following, from wounds received in action during the attack on Chunuk Bair on the 10th. After three days of continuous fighting during this great attack, the 5th Wilts and 6th Loyal North Lancashires were ordered on the night of 9 Aug. to occupy some advanced posts, which proved to be regular death traps. At early dawn on the 10th they were attacked by a fresh Turkish division and crushed by weight of numbers, suffering very heavy losses. In the night the New Zealanders managed to bring in about 200 wounded, but a party of 15, of whom Lieut. Radcliffe was one, was left in the scrub. Corpl. Scott, one of the number, said that Lieut. Radcliffe, who, was badly wounded, behaved in a most heroic way. There was not sufficient: food for all, and he insisted on the more lightly wounded taking his share, and did all he could to encourage them. The surviving officers and men of the regiment said that no one was more loved by all ranks than Lieut. Radcliffe, and Sir Ian Hamilton reported that they all gave a fine example of what the New Armies could do; unm.

Extract from Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 11 September 1915, page 5:

LIEUT. RADCLIFFE DIES OF WOUNDS.

Second-Lieutenant William Yonge Radcliffe, 5th Wiltshire Regiment (died on August 19 at Alexandria, of wounds received at the Dardanelles), was the only surviving son of the Rev. Arthur Caynton Radcliffe, of Rockbourne Rectory Salisbury. He was educated at Charterhouse, where was head of his house, a school monitor, and sergeant in the O.T.C. He should have gone into residence at Corpus College, Oxford, last October, but on the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, and obtained his commission in August. He was twenty years of age.

RADFORD

Basil Hallam

Captain (Balloon Observer), No. 1 (Army) Kite Balloon Section, Royal Flying Corps. Died of accidental injuries when his balloon broke away and his parachute failed to open 20 August 1916. Aged 28. Born 3 April 1888. Son of Walter T. H. and A. L. M. Radford, of 206, Cromwell Rd., South Kensington, London; brother of Maurice Clive Radford (below). Actor, known to theatre goers as 'Basil Hallam' or 'Gilbert the Filbert.' In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Hendon, Middlesex, a school pupil, resident St Andrews, Meads, Eastbourne, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Hendon, Middlesex, an Actor, son of Walter Thomas Hindmarsh and Ann Louisa Maria Radford, resident 25 Park Crescent, St Marylebone, London & Middlesex. Buried in COUIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 15. See also Basil Hallam on Wikipedia and also 'Gilbert the Filbert' during the Great War RIP 20 August 1916

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1916:

RADFORD Basil Hallam of 25 Park-crescent Portland-place Middlesex died 20 August 1916 near Albert France on active service Administration London 16 December to Walter Thomas Hindmarsh Radford ship and insurance broker.
Effects £556 3s. 1d.
Resworn £3071 2s. 9d.
Further grant 6 April 1927

As he was a well known actor before taking up a commission with the Army there are many newspaper articles about his death of which a selection are listed below:

Extract from Daily Mirror - Thursday 24 August 1916, page 4:

Extract from Daily Mirror - Saturday 2 September 1916, page 2:

STAGE STAR'S SACRIFICE.
Distinguished Gathering at Service for Late Captain Basil Hallam.

Many well-known people attended the memor:al service for the late Captain Basil Hallam Radford at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. Captain Radford, better known as Basil Hallam, of "Gilbert the Filbert " fame, recently lost his life whilst serving as kite commander with the R.F.C.

The congregation included the Viscountess Curzon, the Hon. H. Stonor, Lord Alington, the Hon. Mrs. Schomberg Byng, Baroness d'Erlanger, Lady Diana Manners, Miss Nancy Cunard, Lady Mackenzie Davidson, the Hon. Mrs. Needham. and Captain and Mrs. Kenyon.

Miss Gaby Deslys, Mr. Alfred Butt, Miss Gertrude Kingston, Mr. Nelson Keys and Mr. Arthur Playfair were also present.

Extract from Belfast Telegraph - Wednesday 23 August 1916, page 3:

"THE FILBERT"

General regret will be caused by the news that Captain Basil Hallam Radford—"Gilbert the Filbert"—has been killed at the front (says the London "Daily Espress"). He was twenty-seven years old, and was a most gallant and courageous officer. Captain Radford, better known as Basil Hallam, was before the war one of London's most popular actors. He was the ideal "nut" in London theatredom, and scored a great success in the " Passing Show" revue at the Palace Theatre.

His song, "I'm Gilbert the Filbert," still rings in one's ears, and his grey top-hatted, check trousered figure, will still be memherd by many.

He was serving in France with a kite section of the Royal Flying Corps. His charm of manner and his enthusiasm in his work made him as popular there as he was with theatre-goers in London. He was recently promoted to the command of the section.

It was to announced in April that he was engaged Miss Elsie Janis. A brother of Captain Radford, who was in the Berkshires, was killed at the front eight months ago.

Extract from Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 23 August 1916, page 5:

“GILBERT THE FILBERT”
DEATH CAPT. BASIL HALLAM RADFORD AT THE FRONT.

The “Daily Express” says: General regret will be caused by the news that Capt. Basil Hallam Radford has been killed at the front. Capt. Radford, better known as Mr. Basil Hallam, was before the war one London's most popular actors.

His song "Gilbert the Filbert” still rings in one’s ears, and his grey top-hatted, check-trousered figure will still be remembered by many. He was serving in France with the Kite Section the Royal Corps.

Extract from Globe - Wednesday 23 August 1916, page 3:

So Basil Hallam Radford, the “Gilbert,” whom Londoners knew and loved, has given up his bright young life to the cause, as his brother, an officer in the Berkshire Regiment, had done previously. Hallam, who was only 27, after leaving Charterhouse served an apprenticeship under Sir Herbert Tree and then sang and danced himself into popularity in London. At 18 he played in Shakespeare, and later in “The Flag Lieutenant” in New York, after which he found his favourite role of Archie Graham in “The Blindness' of Virtue.” It was still later, however, that he made “Gilbert the Filbert” famous at the Palace Theatre in happy co-operation with Miss Elsie Janis. His real pluck was shown in joining the Army (in the Kite Balloon Section of the Royal Flying Corps) for he was sufferer —a smashed bone in a foot which necessitated the use of steel plate as a support.

Extract from Globe - Wednesday 23 August 1916, page 3:

"GILBERT THE FILBERT" KILLED.
PASSING OF BASIL HALLAM ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.

Playgoers everywhere, but particularly in London, where his popularity was unbounded, will be sorry to learn that Captain Basil Hallam Radford—Basil Hallam, they knew him—has been killed at the front in France, where was serving with the kite section of the Royal Flying Corps.

Basil Hallam was the ideal jeune premier of revue, and achieved his greatest success in "The Passing Show," at the Palace Theatre, in which he appeared as "Gilbert the Filbert," and sang the song of the same title. It was announced last April that he was engaged to Miss Elsie Janis, the American actress, who appeared in the same production.

Extract from Globe - Wednesday 23 August 1916, page 3:

“GILBERT THE FILBERT.”
MR. BASIL HALLAM BILLED AT THE FRONT.

News was received with great regret in London yesterday that Basil Hallam, the brilliant young actor, whose real name was Basil Hallam Radford, had been killed at the front.

Last summer he joined the Kite Balloon Section of the Royal Flying Corps, and quite recently was promoted commander.

He was (says the “Daily Mail”) a Charterhouse boy, who sung and danced himself into the hearts of London theatre-goers after an apprenticeship served under Sir Herbert Tree. Born in 1889, he made his first stage appearance in April, 1908. He played in Shakspeare and (in New York) in “The Flag Lieutenant,” till “The Blindness of Virtue” gave him his favourite part of Archie Graham.

But these and other parts were but preliminary to the success scored when in April, 1914, he appearedas “Gilbert the Filbert” at the Palace Theatre. Never perhaps was there such happy combination as that of “Gilbert” and Miss Elsie Janis.

“As soldier,” he said, “I have limitations, for as the result of an old injury to my foot—a bone was smashed —I am incapable of long marching and have to use the support of a steel plate.”

His parents, who live near Regent’s Park, have already suffered the loss of his brother, an officer in the Berkshire Regiment.

Extract from Western Morning News - Thursday 24 August 1916, page 4:

Where so many brave men have laid down their lives for their country it is always invidious to select a special case for mention. A wide circle in London, however, deeply regrets the loss of Basil Hallam, the brilliant young actor. The song which brought him into the front rank of pertormers— “Gilbert the Filbert’’ —was the rage not only of the capital, but of the country generally. He sang and danced himself into the hearts of the play-going public. A Charterhouse boy, Basil Hallam Radford, to give him his full name, obtained his introduction to theatre life under Sir Herbert Tree. That distinguished actor, with characteristic kindness, “took up” the unknown youth who applied to him for engagement. The amusing thing was that Hallam's test performance from Shakspere (sic) was really mimicry of Sir H. Tree himself, done from force of habit. He had often “taken off” Sir Herbert in amateur performances, and when called upon to recite could not get out of that particular tone. The actor-manager was big minded enough not to resent it. While in America, Hallam played a sympathetic part as Archie Graham in “The Blindness of Virtue.” There he met Miss Elsie Janis, who, on coming to London, presuaded Mr. Alfred Butt to give him a part in the new revue “The Passing Show,” and the two played together with phenomenal success. “Gilbert the Filbert” was written for him, and his popularity since then is within public recollection. Hallam pluckily joined the kite balloon section of the Royal Flying Corps, for he suffered from a smashed bone in the foot which necessitated the use of a steel plate as a support.

Extract from Globe - Thursday 24 August 1916, page 6:

BASIL HALLAM'S DEATH.
FATAL PARACHUTE LEAP FROM DRIFTING BALLOON.

Details have now been received of the death of Captain Basil Hallam Radford, R.F.C. (Basil Hallam). He was reconnoitring in a kite balloon which broke away and was in danger of falling into the bands of the enemy. He threw overboard his military plans and papers, and then leapt out with his parachute. The parachute failed to open, and the gallant young actor was killed.

Mr. H. A. Barker, the bone-setter, writes:—

“Basil Hallam was a great actor, but to my certain knowledge he was a greater hero. He courageously returned to the front before he had recovered from a painful crippling condition of both ankle and hip to duties which, even before he was injured, owing to temperamental susceptibilities, were a source of frequent suffering to him. He told me almost every time he went up in his observation balloon he experienced all the horrors of sea sickness.

“On the 4th May last I operated on Mr. Hallam and suggested that he should take a more or less prolonged rest, in order that he should get quite well. His only reply was: 'I must go back to the boys, whether I well or not.’ A few days after, such is the brave fellow he was, he went.”

RADFORD, DSO, MiD

Maurice Clive

Captain, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 28 September 1915. Aged 31. Born 5 April 1884. Son of the late Mr. Walter T. H. Radford and Mrs. Ann L. M. Radford, of 206, Cromwell Rd., South Kensington, late of 25, Park Crescent, Portland Place, London, W.; brother of Basil Hallam Radford (above). Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.), Mentioned in Despatches. In the 1891 census he was aged 7, born Hendon, Middlesex, son of Walter T H and Ann L M radford, resident Marine Parade, Brighton, Sussex. In the 1901 census he was aged 16, born London, Middlesex, son of Walter |T H and Ann L M Radford, resident Hillside, Parsons Street, Ashley Lane, Hendon, Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 26, unmarried, born Hendon, Middlesex, a serving soldier, Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, billetted in Meerut, India. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 10. Also commemorated on Bedford St Paul's Memorial

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1898:

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Cuinchy the night of June 21, 1915, when the Gormans pumped gas into a mine in which four of our men were on listening post. Under direction of Captain Radford, who displayed great gallantry and resource, the efforts of two N.C.O.’s and two men, who bravely went down the mine, were successful in getting the men out. At abont 4.15 a.m. on June 22, following their gas attack, the Germans exploded a mine in front our own, in which were a sergeant and about eight of our men, but owing to the gallant efforts of Captain Radford, another officer and a few men, who repeatedly went down among the fumes, all the men were rescued, though the rescuers suffered considerably.

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Cuinchy the night of 21 June. 1915, when the Germans pumped gas into a mine in which four of our men were on listening post. Under direction of Captain Radford, who displayed great gallantry and resource, the efforts of two N.O C.’s and two men. who bravely went down the mine, were successful in getting the out.

At about 4.15 a.m. on 22 June, following their gas attack, the Germans exploded a mine in front of our own, in which a sergeant and about eight our men, but owing to the gallant efforts Captain Radford, another officer and few men, who repeatedly went down among the fumes, all the men were rescued, though the rescuers suffered considerably.

Recked naught of danger, he who faced the foe,
And first braved death, in that his men should go;
Daring the mine—would ye not have so?
Fond hearts shall mourn o’er warrior kinsman gone.
Oh ! the loss! Yet Britain’s hero son
Rests full of glory, in your hearts his name.
Dimming your sorrow by his deathless fame.

G.W.

RATSEY

Stephen Gilbert

RAWLINS

Gerald Edmund Adair

REBBECK

Edward William Wise

REED

Henry Gerard

REEVE

Charles d’Arcy Edmund Wentworth

REID

George Leslie

REID

George Whiteley

Captain George Whiteley Reid © IWM (HU 124825)

Captain (Adjutant), 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action at Krothia, Gallipoli, 1 May 1915. Aged 35. Born 20 September 1879 in Oporto, Portugal. Baptised Oporto, Portugal. Son of George and Alice G. Reid, of Villa Nova de Gaya, Portugal. Landed from H.M.T. "River Clyde." Served in the South African War. In the 1911 census he was aged 31, born Oprto, Portugal, a sevring soldier, Captain, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, billetted Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Buried in REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Plot I. Row A. Grave 17.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1894:

REID

Gerald Mortimer

Lieutenant, 11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 9 May 1918. Aged 32. Born 14 September 1886 in Beckenham, Kent. Son of Mrs. Jeannie A. Reid, of The Hydro Hotel, Eastbourne. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born beckenham, Kent, son of James and Jeannie A Reid, resident The Avenue, Beckenham, Bromley, Kent. In the 1901 census he was aged 14, born beckenham, Kent, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse Block, Godalming Rural, Guildford, Surrey. Previously admitted to 2nd General Hospital as a Second Lieutenant 6 May 1917, discharged to duty 12 May 1917.Buried in BOUZINCOURT RIDGE CEMETERY, ALBERT, Somme, France. Plot II. Row N. Grave 14.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1900:

REISS

Willoughby Emil

Captain, 1st/6th Battalion (Territorial), Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds 8 August 1915. Aged 25. Baptised 24 Jun 1890 in Church Hulme, Cheshire. Son of Henry Jacques and Emilie Constance Reiss, of "The Hermitage," Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. In the 1891 census he was new born, born Salford, Lancashire, son of Henry J and Constance E Reiss, resident Weaste Lane, Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born Homes Chapel, Cheshire, a school boarder, resident Walter Earle, Village, Bilton, Rugby, Warwickshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Newcastle, Lancashire, assisting in business, unmarried, son of Henry J Reiss (Shipping Merchant), resident The Hermitage, Cranage, Holmes Chapel, Cranage Leese, Cheshire. Buried in LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Section A. Grave 63. Also commemorated on St Lukes War Memorial, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire and also Reiss Brothers War Memorial, Manchester and also Shanghai Race Club Memorial, China.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

REISS Willoughby Emil of the Hermitage Holmes Chapel Cheshire died 8 August 1915 at the Dardanelles Administration London 24 November to Henry Jacques Reiss merchant. Effects £360 0s. 7d.

Extract from Nantwich Guardian - Friday 13 August 1915, page 5:

HOLMES CHAPEL OFFICER KILLED
CAME FROM CHINA TO JOIN THE ARMY.

Official news was received Fridav night to the effect that Captain Willoughby Reiss, son Mr. H. J. Reiss. The Hermitage, Holmes Chapel, has been killed in action at the Dardanelles.

Captain Reiss, the outbreak of war, was at Shanghai, China, representing his father's shipping firm of Reiss Brothers. Immediately he left for England, intent upon joining the Manchester Regiment of Territorials, of which he was formerly a member, and arrived the day after that regiment had left for Egypt. He was appointed adjutant to the 6th Manchesters, and was in training at Southport until about a month ago, when he went with his regiment to the Dardanelles.

He was an extremely capable officer, and every man under his command held him in the highest respect. He was at home on leave when his regiment was ordered out, and had to return at a moment's notice.

Extract from Nantwich Guardian - Friday 20 August 1915, page 2:

Memorial Service. —At St. Luke’s Church, Holmes Chapel, Saturday, where the flag was at half-mast in memory of the late Captain Reiss, a memorial service was held for those who had fallen in the field of battle. The proceedings were very impressive, and large crowds of people attended. The pews were also occupied by the members of the Holmes Chapel detachment of the Cheshire Volunteer Regiment and the local Cadet Corps, who had paraded the main thoroughfares of the village. The service was conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. J. H. Armitatead) and the Rev. E. M. Ellis, vicar of Mosley. The hymns sung were "Soldiers who are Christ’s below," and "They whose course on earfh is o’er." Mr. Arthur Ford was at the organ.

Extract from Nantwich Guardian - Friday 20 August 1915, page 5:

THE LATE CAPTAIN REISS.
REFERENCE AT HOLMES CHAPEL CHURCH.

In last week’s "Guardian” we announced the death of Captain Willoughby Reiss, son of Mr. H. J. Reiss. The Hermitage, Holmes Chapel. He was killed in action at the Dardanelles while serving with the 6th Manchesters.

Referring to the death of Captain Reiss, the Vicar of Holmes Chapel, the Rev. J. H. Armitstead, in his sermon Sunday morning, said: "The hearts of all go out in sympathy to those near and dear to him. When we think of their loss, and the loss of others, does not the question occur to us,'Why are our own left off?' When we think of him we think of one who threw all his energies into his work. Our local cricket club found him a keen and energetic worker, but it was not only into this he threw his energies. When at school he joined the Territorial Force, and was quite as keen in his work as in amusement. This is a time for action and for National Service. The outbreak of the war found him at work in China. He hurried home to join his regiment, and thus he gave his life for his country; his death was the death of a hero and not a shirker."

REMNANT

John

REMY

Jacques Frédéric Marc

[Listed as Jacques Marie Frederic REMY on Belgium War Dead Register] Gunner 161/1634, 11 Artillerie, Belgium Army. Died of wounds in Elsene, Brussels Military Hospital, 31 May 1919. Born 2 April 1900 in Bruxelles. Son of Jules Charles Marie Victor and DE la CENSERIE Marie Elise Joseph REMY, of Etterbeek, Luis Hapsstraat 24, Bruxelles, Belgium. Enlisted 1917. Buried in Elsene/ Ixelles - Belgian military plot of honor.

RENTON, MiD

William Gerald Forrester

Captain William Gerald Forrester Renton © Lives of the First World War

Captain, 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards. Killed in action at Chateau Hooge, Flanders, 2 June 1915. Aged 33. Born 7 September 1881. Baptised 28 October 1881 in Rudgwick, Sussex. Son of William and Mabel Renton, of Clare House, Tiverton, N. Devon. Served in the South African Campaign 1899-1902. Received the Order of Franz Josef in 1906 from The Emperor in Vienna. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1911 census he was aged 29, born Rudgwick near Horsham, Sussex, serving soldier, Captain, 'B' Squadron, 1st Kings Draggon Guards, billetted in Hutch, India. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 10.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1896:

RICHARDSON

Daryl Stewart

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 16 May 1915. Aged 24. Son of William and Ada Richardson, of Bishops Down Grange, Tunbridge Wells. Educated Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge. In the 1901 census he was aged 10, born London, living with his brother, Herbert L Richardson, resident Grange, Bishops Down Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Kent. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born London, an Engineering Student, boarding at 3, Marine Gardens, Eastbourne, Sussex. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 19 and 20. See also Trinity College, Cambridge

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

RICHARDSON Daryl Stewart of Bishops Down Grange Tunbridge Wells died 16 May 1915 in N.W. Europe Probate London 18 August to William Richardson engineer. Effects £4909 4s. 5d.

Extract from London Evening Standard - Saturday 12 June 1915, page 5:

Second Lieut. Daryl Stewart Richardson, 2nd Battalion Border Regiment, who was killed in France, May 16-17, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Richardson, of Bishop's Down Grange, Tunbridge Wells. He was born on February 23rd, 1891, and was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He volunteered immediately the war broke out, and received a commission in the Border Regiment in September, proceeding to France in December last. He was 24 years old.

RICHARDSON, DSO

Francis James

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1879:

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

RICHARDSON Francis James of The Coombes Marston Trussell Market Harborough Leicestershire died 11 December 1917 at the Senior Officers' Hospital Queen Alexandra's Hospital Millbank Middlesex Administration (with Will) London 13 February to Rhoda Dagmar Richardson widow. Effects £8905 3s. 10d.

Extract from The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915 published by Naval & Military Press:

RICHARDSON, FRANCIS JAMES, Capt., was born 8 March, 1866, son of Francis Richardson, of Juniper Hall, Dorking. He was educated at Cheam; Charterhouse, and Jesus College, Cambridge. He was gazetted to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 9 May, 1888; became Lieutenant 26 Feb. 1890, and Captain 1 July, 1897. Capt. Richardson served in the South African War, 1899-1901, as Adjutant, 4th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1 May to 5 Aug. 1901). He took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the actions at Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 Feb.); actions at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Vet River (5 and 6 May) and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900, including action at Zilikat's Nek; operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900, to May, 1901; operations in Orange River Colony, May to July, 1901; operations in Cape Colony, July, 1901. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with six clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 Sept. 1901]: “Francis James Richardson, Capt., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.” The Insigina were presented by the King 29 Oct. 1901. He retired 16 June, 1906, and became Major, Special Reserve Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and in 1912, D.A.D. Remounts, Eastern Command. He married, 19 July, 1899, in Ireland, Rhoda Dagmar Richardson, daughter of Restell R. Bevis, and their children are Francis Desmond, born in 1902, and Elspeth Rhoda. Major Richardson died 11 Dec. 1917, of wounds received in action.

Extract from Northampton Mercury - Friday 22 February 1918, page 5:

Major Francis James Richardson, D.S.O., late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, a Deputy Assistant Director Remounts, of the Coombes, Marston Trussell, Market Harborough, who died on December 11, aged 51 years, left £8,905. The testator leaves everything his widow.

Extract from Leicester Journal - Friday 22 February 1918, page 3:

MARKET HARBOROUUGH.

LOCAL WILL.—Major Francis James Richardson, D.S.O., late Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, a Deputy-assistant Director of Remounts, of The Coombes, Marston Trussell, Market Harborough, who died on December 11th, aged 51 years, left £8903 3s. 10d. The testator leaves everything to his wife, Mrs. Rhoda Dagmar Richardson, the widow.

Extract from Surrey Advertiser - Saturday 22 December 1917, page 5:

MICKLEHAM.
FUNERAL OF MAJOR F. J, RICHARDSON, D.S.O.

The remains of the late Major Francis James Richardson, D.S.O., Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts. No. 1 Circle, Eastern Command, who resided at The Coombes, Marston Trussell, Leicestershire, and whose parents at one lived at Juniper Hall, Mickleham, were interred in the Dorking Cemetery on Saturday.

Deceased had been in indifferent health for some time, and went to London for special treatment. While there he was taken seriously ill, and was removed to a nursing home, and later to the Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, where he died before an operation could be performed. He was 51 years of age.

The deceased officer was educated at Charterhouse and Jesus College, Cambridge. He joined the 2nd Batt. Argyll and Sutherland in 1888. He went through the South African war, serving with the 1st Battalion, and took part in the Modder River, Paardeburg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, and Diamond Hill engagements. For his gallant work he was mentioned in despatches, and was awarded the D.S.O. He leaves a widow, one son, who is a Cadet at Dartmouth Naval College, and one daughter.

The coffin arrived by train at Dorking, and, covered with the Union Jack, was placed on a hand bier and taken to its last resting place in the same grave where his mother and father are buried. The mourners were Cadet Frank Richardson, R.N. (son), Mr. Sewell (brother-in-law), and Colonel McKie (Armv Remounts, 52nd Squadron). Others attending included Mr. F. de la Garde Grisell. J.P., Mr. Hollingdale (late gardener at Juniper Hall), Mrs. Hollingdale and Mr. Hollingdale, jun. The Rev. Adams officiated.

Several beautiful floral tributes were sent.

RICHARDSON

John Sherbrooke

Second Lieutenant, 26th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 9 April 1917. Aged 40. Born 9 January 1877. Baptised 1 April 1877 in Stapenhill, St Peter, Derbyshire. Son of Morris and Lucy Anne Richardson, of Hurley House, Hurley, Marlow, Bucks; husband of Beatrice Paul (formerly Richardson, nee Cardwell), of "Hillcroft," Sevenoaks, Kent, married July to September Quarter 1903 in St Martin-In-The-Fields, Middlesex. In the 1891 census he was aged 14, born Stapenhill, Derbyshire, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse, P H W Girdlestone, Prince of Wales Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged 24, born Stapenhill, Derbyshire, an Articled Clerk, son of Morris Richardson, resident Cranesden, Mayfield, Uckfield, Sussex. In the 1911 census he was aged 34, born Stokenhill, Derbyshire, a Solicitor, married for 7 years to Beatrice Richardson, one daughter and one son, resident Hill Croft, Sevenoaks, Kent. Buried in ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 2. See also Trinity College, Cambridge and also Solicitors and Articled Clerks War Memorial, Holborn, London.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1890:

“Who comprehends his trust and to the same ,
Keeps faithful with singleness of aim.
This is the happy Warrior, this is he.
Whom every man in arms should wish to be.”

RICHARDSON

John Watson

Major, 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion (Territorial), York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 3 May 1917. Aged 34. Born 18 July 1882. Son of Mr. Samuel Grey Richardson, of Stone Grove, Sheffield; husband of Elizabeth Blakeney (nee Roberts) Richardson, of Tremona, Hempstead Rd., Watford, Hertfordshire, married 9 July 1908 in Sheffield, Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul, Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born Sheffield, Yorkshire, Undergraduate Studying Medicine at Cambridge University, son of Samuel Gray and Eleanory Mary Richardson, resident Stone Grove House, 22, Town, Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). In the 1911 census he was aged 28, born Sheffield, Yorkshire, a Solicitor, married for 2 years to Elizabeth Blakeney Richardson with one son, resident 105, Osborne Road, Ecclesall, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding). No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 8. See also Trinity College, Cambridge

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1896:

RILEY

Oliver

Private 206811, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment formerly 202442, Royal Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 27 May 1918 at Berry au Bac. Born 31 July 1882 in Accrington, Lancashire, enlisted St. Annes-On-Sea, Lancashire in 1917. Educated Charterhouse and Cambridge University, and Manchester University. In the Officer Training Corps, June 1916 to 10 December 1916. In the 1891 census he was aged 8, born Accrington, Lancashire, son of Joseph E and Sarah Anne Riley, resident Arden Hall, Oak Fold, Accrington, Haslingden, Lancashire. In the 1901 census he was aged 18, born Accrington, Lancashire, son of Joseph Edward and Sarah Anne Riley, resident Arden Hall, Accrington, Haslingden, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, born Accrington, Lancashire, a Chemical Manufacturer, married for 3 years to Jenny Fleming Riley, resident Woodside, Huncoat, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. See also Manchester University

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1896:

RISING, DSO, MiD

Robert Edward

Major Robert Edward Rising © IWM (HU 124971)

Major, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died on service 7 November 1914. Aged 43. Born 23 May 1871. Son of Thomas and Kate Rising, of The Manor House, Great Ormesby, Norfolk; husband of Constance Elizabeth Rising, of The Old Hall, Great Ormesby. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.), Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1871 census he was newborn, born Suffolk, son of Thomas and Eliza Rising, resident Steam Mill Road, Gorleston with Southtown, Mutford, Suffolk & Norfolk. In the 1881 census he was aged 19, born Gorleston, Suffolk, a Scholar, boarding at 5, Moores Court, Gorleston, Mutford, Suffolk & Norfolk. Buried in ZILLEBEKE CHURCHYARD, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row E. Grave 5. See also Ormesby, Norfolk [Not on Trinity College, Cambridge Memorial].

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1885:

Captain Robert Edward Rising, 1st Battalion Gloucester Regiment, who went up with supports and conspicuously controlled the defence of the battalion’s trenches against a determined attack by the enemy. But for this stout defence the line must have been penetrated.

Captain Robert Edward Rising, 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, who went up with supports and conspicuously controlled , the defence of the battalion's trenches.

Extract from Yarmouth Independent - Saturday 21 November 1914, page 5:

CAPTAIN RISING D.S.O.

Yarmouth and the County heard with the deepest regret, on Saturday, of the death of Captain Robert Edward Rising, the 1st Batt. Gloucestershire Regiment. A few days previously the Distinguished Service Order had been conferred upon him for a gallant action which preserved the Britiah line at the front unbroken during one of the most desperate German attacks on the 23rd October. His name appeared in yesterday's casualty list as having been wounded the 7th November and his family have been informed that he died of his wounds on the 8th or 9th, but no further particulars have yet been received.

Extract from Yarmouth Independent - Saturday 5 December 1914, page 5:

THE LATE
CAPTAIN RISING D.S.O.
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ORMESBY

Very touching was the service held in Ormesby St. Margaret’s Church yesterday (Thursday) in memory of the late Captain Rising, D.S.O., who died recently after most gallantly serving King and country. A very large congregation showed their sympathy and regard. Among the many present were Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Rising (father and mother), Mr. A. P. Rising (brother). Colonel R. W. Edis, C.B., Bishop Fisher and Miss Fisher, Mrs. Nightingale, Mr. and Mrs. S.R. Nightingale, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Orde, Mr. A. R. Watling, Mr. R. Watling, Sir F. and Lady Vincent, Major Anley, R.G.A. and other officers, Mr. and Mrs. F. Arnold, Mr. H. P. Frederick, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Hacker, Rev. J. N. Dredge, Rev. W J. Karran, Mr. and Mrs. Scrimgeour, Mr. W. W. Gosaage [sic], Mr. and Mrs. W. Wyllys, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wyllys, Mr. G. Wyllys, Mr. Brownsword, Captain and Mrs. Hugh Worship, Mr. J. M. Bond, Mr. A. E. Lark, Mr. J. C. Hawkesley, Mrs. Kaines Thomas, Captain Percy Arnold, Miss Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fabb, Mr. and Mrs. D. Wales, the staff of Messrs. Worship, Rising and Frederick, at Great Yarmouth, and the domestic servants at the Manor House, and many others. The simple service was very impressively conducted by the Vicar of Ormesby, Rev. Canon Moore, assisted by the Rev. J. Kecch. The choral music included two of the most beautiful of hymns,—“For all the Saints,” and “Abide with me,” and memorial music was sympathetically played by the organist.

Captain Robert Edward Rising, D.S.O., of the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire (28th) Regiment, who died from wounds received in action on the 7th November, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Rising, of the Manor House, Ormesby, Norfolk. He was educated at Charterhouse, and Trinity College, Cambridge, passing as a University candidate (6th on the list) into Sandhurst in June, 1891, where he was Senior Under Officer. In July, 1892, he passed out 12th with honours and was gazetted second lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment then stationed at Dublin, subsequently serving in Jersey, Malta, Egypt, India, South Africa, etc. During the Boer war he took part in the operations for the relief of Kimberley and the surrender of Cronje at Paardeburg, and also in the actions of Poplar Grove, Driefontein and the occupation of Bloemfontein, and received the Queen’s South African medal with four clasps. He served as Adjutant of the Volunteer Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol from 1903 to 1910. During the present war he took part in the retirement from Mons and the battles of the Marne and the Aisne and the engagements near Ypres. On the 23rd October the D.S.O. was conferred upon Captain Rising tor his gallant action at Langemarke, which preserved the British lines from being broken during one of tho most desperate German attacks. On 7th November he was wounded in action near Zillebeke and died the same day. Captain Rising married the youngest daughter of Colonel R. W. Edis, C.B. of The Old Hall Ormesby, Norfolk.

Extract from London Evening Standard - Thursday 10 December 1914, page 8:

OFFICERS KILLED

Captain Robert Edward Rising, of the 1st Gloucestershire Regiment, died from wounds received near Ypres on November 7. He saw service in the South African war, being present in the operations in the Orange Free State, including those at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, and Driefontein, and also in Natal. He was awarded the D.S.O. for his gallant defence of his battalion's trenches at Langemarck on October 13 of this year, when his action prevented the line being broken.

RITCHIE

Francis James Dickson

ROBERTS

Frederick John

Major, 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died of wounds 17 October 1915. Aged 36. Born 27 December 1877. Son of Capt. H. W. and Mrs. H. Roberts, of Hollingside, Durham; husband of Marion (nee Fawcett) Roberts, of Perleiu, Ewen, Cirencester, Glos., married July to September Quarter 1911 in Cirencester Registration District, Gloucestershire. In the 1881 census he was aged 2, born Durham, son of Henry W and Annie Chipchase Roberts, resident Hollingside House, Butterby Lane, Elvet, Durham. In the 1891 census he was aged 12, born Durham, a schoolboy boarder, resident Frith Hill House, Deanery Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 32, born Durham, unmarried, an officer, Lieutenant, B and D Companies, 2nd Battalion The Queens Regiment of Infantry billeted at Gibraltar. Buried in CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 13.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1892:

ROBERTS—On the 17th inst., of wounds received in action, aged 36 years, Major Frederick John Roberts, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), third son of Captain H. W. Roberts, late 98th Regiment, of Hollingside, Durham, and husband of Marion Roberts.

ROBERTS

Gerard Chipchase

Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Chipchase Roberts © Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant-Colonel, 14th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 8 June 1916. Aged 42. Born 19 January 1874. Eldest son of the late Capt. Henry William Roberts (98th Regt.) and of Annie Chipchase Roberts, of Hollingside, Durham; husband of Winifred Milbanke Roberts (nee Hudson), of Tudhoe House, Tudhoe, Co. Durham. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1891 census he was aged 17, born Durham,a scholar, resident Charterhouse, Revd. W. Haig Brown, Prince of Wales Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1901 census he was aged 27, born Sunderland, Durham, a Carpet Manufacturer, son of Henry W and Annie C Roberts, resident Hollingside, St Oswalds, Durham. Buried in PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE, Nord, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 12.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1888:

ROBERTS.—Killed action, on the 9th inst., aged 41 years, Lieut.-Colonel Gerard Chipchase Roberts, of Beechwood, Sowerby Bridge, Commander of a Gloucester Regiment, eldest son of Capt. Roberts, of Hollinside, Durham, and husband of Winifred Milbanke Roberts.

ROBERTS

John Robert Bowden

ROBERTSON

Peter

Lieutenant (Pilot), Cameron Highlanders attached 48 Training Depot Station (R.A.F. Waddington), Royal Air Force. Killed while flying in an Avro 504K, serial number E3648, 16 January 1919. Born 14 July 1897. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Liverpool, Lancashire, son of Peter and Grace C Robertson, resident 13, Kingsmead Road North, Birkenhead, Cheshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Liverpool, Lancashire, at school, son of Peter and Grace Carrie Robertson, resident Dormie Bidstow Near Oxton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Buried in BIRKENHEAD (FLAYBRICK HILL) CEMETERY, Cheshire. Grave reference 3. N.C. 11.

Extract from Liverpool Daily Post - Wednesday 22 January 1919, page 3:

FUNERAL OF LIEUTENANT
PETER ROBERTSON.

The funeral of Lieutenant Peter Robertson, 1st Cameron Highlanders, attached to the R.A.F., youngest son of Mr Peter Robertson, Dormie, Bidston-road, Birkenhead, who met with a fatal accindent whilst flying in Lincolnshire, on Thursday last, took place at Flaybrick-hill Cemetery, yesterday. In the prescence of a large and representative body of mourners, …[rest illegible]

Extract from Liverpool Daily Post - Wednesday 22 January 1919, page 3:

ROBERTSON.—January 16, the result of an accident, whilst flying in Lincolnshire, aged 23 years, Lieut. PETER ROBERTSON, 1st Cameron Highlanders, attached RAF., the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Robertson,“Dormie,” Bidston-road, Birkenhead. Military funeral took place at Flaybrick Cemetery, Birkenhead, last Tuesday.

ROBIN

Charles Harold

Captain, 2nd Battalion (Jersey), Channel Islands Militia attached to 13th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Killed in action 11 May 1917. Aged 31. Born 17 May 1886. Son of C. Janvrin Robin and Etta Robin, of Steephill, Jersey; husband of Yvonne Lempriere Robin, of Seymour House, Gorey, Jersey. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born London, Middlesex, son of Charles J and Henrietta M Robin, resident Courtfield Gardens, Kensington, London & Middlesex. In the 1901 census he was agede 14, born London, Middlesex, a baorder resident Hindhead Road, Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 24, born Kensington, London, a Retired Army officer, son of Charles Janvrin and Henrietta Magdalen Robin, resident Steephil, St Saviour, Jersey, Channel Islands. Buried in ALBUERA CEMETERY, BAILLEUL-SIRE-BERTHOULT, Pas de Calais, France. South Row C. Grave 5.

Extract from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1900:

ROCHFORT-BOYD, CMG, DSO, MiD

Henry Charles

RODAKOWSKI, MiD or RODAKOWSKI-RIVERS

Raymond Juzio Paul

ROGERS, DSO, MiD

Wilfrid Frank

Major, 45th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 19 May 1917. Aged 26. Son of the Rev. Alfred G. and Mrs. Rogers, of Gatton Rectory, Merstham, Surrey. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.), Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1891 census he was newborn, born Middlesex, son of Alfred G and Mabel F G Rogers, resident Kensington Park Gardens, Kensington, London & Middlesex. Buried in TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 2.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 4, page 172:

ROGERS, WILFRID FRANK, D.S.O., Major, Royal Field Artillery, s. of the Rev. Alfred George Rogers, of Gatton Rectory, Merstham, co. Surrey, by his wife, Mabel, dau. of James Reynolds; b. Kensington, London, W., 20 Nov. 1890; educ. Charterhouse, and Merton College, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1912; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Field Artillery 19 July, 1912; promoted Lieut. 9 June, 1915, Capt. 8 Aug. 1916, and Acting Major 26 Sept. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1914; transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery in Jan. 1916; was severely wounded at Festubert the following May, and was killed in action near Arras 19 May, 1917, while commanding the 45th Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Buried In the Tilloy Cemetery near Arras. He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig [London Gazette, 18 May, 1917], for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and awarded the D.S.O. [London Gazette, 4 June, 1917]; unm.

Extract from Surrey Mirror - Friday 28 May 1915, page 7, and Surrey Mirror - Tuesday 25 May 1915, page 3. and Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser - Saturday 29 May 1915, page 7:

Second Lieutenant Wilfrid Frank Rogers, R.H.A.. who has been wounded in action, the elder son of the Rev. Alfred G. Rogers, Rector of Gatton. Born in 1890, was educated at Charterhouse and Merton College, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1912. In the same year he was gazetted to the Royal Field Artillery and was appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery in the early part of this year.

Extract from Surrey Mirror - Friday 25 May 1917, page 6:

MAJOR WILFRID F. ROGERS KILLED IN ACTION

Major Wilfrid Frank Rogers, who has been killed in action, was the elder son of the Rev. Alfred G. Rogers, Rector of Gatton. Born in 1890, he was educated at Charterhouse ami Alertou College, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1912. In the same year he was gazetted to the Royal Field Artillery. He went out with the original Expeditionary Force in August, 1914. After going through the retreat from Mons and the earlier actions of the war, he was transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery and severely wounded at Festubert in May, 1915. After a year at home he returned to the front last June, being given the command of a Battery in the 3rd Division. After being again wounded on Good Friday, he fell in action the 19th inst. Much sympathy will be expressed with the Rector of Gatton in his sad loss.

Extract from Surrey Mirror - Friday 15 March 1918, page 3:

GATTON.

MEMORIAL TO A GALLANT OFFICER.—A marble military tablet, with the badge and motto of tihe Royal Field Artillery carved in relief, has been placed in Gatton Church to the memory of the Rector’s son, the late Major Wilfrid Frank Rogers, D.S.O., who fell in action last May while commanding the 45th Battery, 42nd Brigade. It is placed on the south wall of the chancel immedately under the beautiful naval tablet to the Rector's brother, a young officer of the age thirty, who, when Lieut, H.M.S. "Superb," had gained the silver medal of the Royal Humane Society in November, 1874. He had jumped overboard at sea to try and save the life of R. Torrington, Captain of the mizen top H.M.S. "Raleigh," the sea was very rough at the time, and the ship was going nine or ten knots, the attempt at rescue was rightly considered a very gallant one, and as such secured Lieut. Frank Rogers, R.N.. not only the silver medal of the Royal Humane Society, but also the gold medal, which has since its institution been conferred on only seven officers of the Navy. Major Rogers, who was named after the gallant officer, was born in 1890, and educated at Charterhouse and Merton College, Oxford, where he took his degree and gained commission two years before the outbreak of war. He went to the front in August, 1914, with the original Expeditionary Force, was twice wounded, mentioned in despatches, and awarded the D.S.O. The new tablet bears the text, taken from II. Tim. ii., 3,: "Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ"

ROOPER, Croix de Guerre with Palm (France)

Ralph Bonfoy

Conductor (Driver), French Red Cross Society attached to British Committee Services (France). Killed in action 29 May 1918. Aged 23. Born at Chester. Baptised 29 July 1894 in Chester, St Mary, Cheshire. Son of Mr. Percy Lens and Mrs. Alice Nancy Rooper, of Little Court, Speldhurst, Kent; brother of William Victor Trevor Rooper (below). In the 1901 census he was aged 6, born Chester, Cheshire, son of Percy L and Alice N Rooper, resident Sandown Farm, 3, Boughton, Chester, Cheshire. Awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm (France). Matriculated 1911 New College, Oxford University. Buried in MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, Marne, France. Plot VI. Row E. Grave 6. Also commemorated on New College, Oxford War Memorial.

Extract from Chester Chronicle - Saturday 8 June 1918, page 3:

ROLL OF HONOUR.
KILLED IN ACTION.

ROOPER.—Killed in action, on the 29th May, while serving with the Croix Rouge Francaise, Ralph Bonfoy Rooper, the second and dearly loved son of Percy and Daisy Rooper, of Little Court, Speldhurst, Kent, and formerly Gresford, aged 24.

Extract from Common Cause - Friday 14 June 1918, page 6:

Obituary.
MR. RALPH ROOPER

We deeply regret to record the death in action of Mr. Ralph Bonfoy Rooper, who was killed, on May 29th, while serving with the French Croix Rouge. Mr. Rooper, who was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Rooper, of Speldhurst, Kent, and the nephew of Miss Maude Royden, was a very strong Suffragist. He had been so from boyhood, and his first speech at the Union, at Oxford, was on Women's Suffrage. Last year he took part in writing the "Making of Women : Oxford Essays in Feminism," contributing the essay entitled "Women Enfranchised." At the time when the war began he had only lately entered what promised to be a career of great distinction at Oxford. He immediately volunteered for the Army, and when he was refused, on account of health, he threw himself into Red Cross work. His death at twenty-four years old has deprived the Feminist Movement of one of the most brilliant and devoted of its younger supporters.

ROOPER

William Victor Trevor

Captain William Victor Trevor Rooper © Lives of the First World War

Captain, 1 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action during an aerial combat near Polygon Wood flying in a Nieuport Scout 9 October 1917. Aged 20. Born at Chester. Son of Percy L. and Alice Nancy Rooper, of Little Court, Speldhurst, Kent; brother of Ralph Bonfoy Rooper (above). Native of Gresford, Denbigh. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Chester, Cheshire, son of Percy L and Alice N Rooper, resident Sandown Farm, 3, Boughton, Chester, Cheshire. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 43. Also commemorated on Gresford War Memorial, Clwyd, Wales.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 4, page 172:

ROOPER, WILLIAM VICTOR TREVOR, Capt., Denbighshire Yeomanry, attd. Royal Flying Corps, yst. s. of Percy Lens Rooper, of Poppy's Corner, Redhill, co. Surrey, formerly of The Elms, Gresford, co. Denbigh, by his wife, Daisy dau. of Sir T. B. Royden, Bart.; b. Chester, 10 May, 1897; educ. Bilton Grange, Rugby, and Charterhouse; enlisted in the Yeomanry at the outbreak of war; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in Dec. 1914; promoted Lieut. in May. 1917; became attached to the Royal Flying Corps in Sept. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from April, 1917; was gazetted Captain and. Flight Commander in August of the same year, and was killed in an aerial fight with several German machines near Ypres 9 Oct. 1917. The Chaplain wrote : "I have never known anyone so universally liked, loved and admired as your boy, not only by his squadron, but by all who came across him," and an officer of his flight: "We feel his loss enormously, but feel proud that he gave his life so gloriously to save a comrade." Unm.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1918:

ROOPER William Victor Trevor of. Poppy's Corner Earlswood Common Redhill Surrey died 9 October 1917 at Ypres Flanders Belgium Administration London 6 April to Percy Lens Rooper shipowner. Effects £283 10s.

ROWAN HAMILTON

Archibald James

[He is listed a Archibald James ROWAN HAMILTON (with and without hyphen) and also as Archibald James Rowan HAMILTON dependent on the record] Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Died of wounds 21 October 1915. Born 30 September 1877 in Killyleagh. Son of Colonel Gawen William RowaN-Hamilton and Lina Mary Howley Rowan-Atkinson, of 1, Montague Mansions, Portland Square, London. Married Norah Logan Phillips in the July to September Quarter 1908 in the City of London. In the 1891 census he was aged 13, born Ireland, a scholar, boarding at Sanatorium, Long Street, Repton, Burton upon Trent, Derbyshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 33, born Kellyleigh, Down, Ireland, a Composer of Music, married, boarding at 34 Craven Terrace Paddington London W, Paddington, London & Middlesex. The Derby Daily Telegraph 20 June 1895 states that he passed directly from Repton School into R.M.A., Woolwich. Attested 2 March 1900 at 48, Duke Street, London S.W., aged 22 years 6 months, born Killyleagh, Downpatrick, Co. Down, a Musician by trade, single, height 5 feet 11 inches, weight 160 lbs, chest 37½-40 inches, fair complexion, hazel eyes, light brown hair, religious denomination Church of England. Served as a Private 14214, 47 (Duke Of Cambridge's Own) Company 13 Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in the Soth African War (1899-1902), taken Prisoner of War on 31 May 1900 at Lindley, released on 5 September 1900 at Nooitgedach. Discharged frm further war sevice in connection with the South African War 29 November 1900. Appointed Second Lieutenant, Irish Guards 23 September 1914 [London Gazette 3 October 1914, page 7898]. Admitted to 2nd General Hospital 18 August 1915, aged 38, Lieutenant attached 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, suffering from Asthma, discharged to duty 8 September 1915. Buried in VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row E. Grave 5. Also commemorated on Stoke Dabernon Memorial Tablets, Surrey, and also Coleorton Memorial, Leicestershire.

From the Charterhouse Register, Long Quarter 1890:

PD. An account of the actions of the 20th and 21st October 1915 is recorded as follows, however Archibald is incorrectly referred to as a 2nd Lieutenant. 20th October 1915; The right attack, commanded by Captain Hubbard, which was down the old blown-in trench that ran straight towards the Hohenzollern, was a much tamer affair than the left. The enemy were not struck till our advance was some eighty yards up the cut. They fell back after a few bombs had been exchanged, and our men were able to build a new barricade across the trench fifty yards from their starting-point, with no serious opposition. Their chief difficulty was to clear the newly gained stretch of the hideous mess that choked it, and forced them into the open where the bullets were coming from three sides at once. The men are described as 'slow' in settling to this navvy-work, which considering their distractions, was quite possible. Dawn caught them 'with just enough cover to enable them to continue work in a crouching position, and before many hours of daylight had passed they made it all good.' But their Officer, 2nd Lieutenant Hamilton, was shot through the jaw while he was superintending the work (it is impossible to direct and give orders without standing up) and he died an hour later. He was buried in the afternoon of the same day at the lonely, flat little cemetery of Vermelles, which is now so full of 'unknown British soldiers killed in action.' As the expert has already pointed out, 'there's not much left over to a bomber that's missing.' The total loss in the night's fray was Hamilton killed, Tallents and Synge wounded, and about sixty other ranks killed, wounded and missing. The net gain was a few score yards of trench, of which the enemy held both ends, with a 'No Man's Land' on either flank of about as far as one could throw a bomb over a barricade. In front, not a hundred yards off, a most efficient German trench with lavish machine-guns sniped them continuously between the breathing-spaces of our shell-fire. Our own big stuff, bursting on and near that trench, shook and loosened the sides of our own. The entire area had been fought over for months, and was hampered with an incredible profusion, or so it struck the new hands at the time, of arms, clothing and equipment - from shreds, wisps and clods of sodden uniforms that twist and catch round the legs, so loaded rifles that go off when they are trodden on in the mud or prised up by the entrenching tools. The bottom and sides of the cuts were studded with corpses whose limbs and what was worse, faces stuck out of the mixed offal, and were hideously brought to light in cleaning up. However as one youngster wrote home triumphantly, 'I was never actually sick.' The affair could hardly be called a success, and the Battalion did not pretend that it was more than a first attempt in which no one knew what was expected of them, and the men were not familiar with their weapons. On the evening of the 21st October they were relieved by the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, and were grateful to go into Brigade Reserve in the trenches besides the Vermelles Railway line.'

ROWLANDSON, MC, MiD

Thomas Sowerby

Captain, 4th Battalion (Territorial), Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 15 September 1916. Aged 36. Born 22 February 1880. Baptised 21 June 1880 in Darlington, Durham. Son of Samuel and Isabella Rowlandson, of Newton Morrell, Darlington. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.), Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Educated at Charterhouse and went up to Trinity College Cambridge in 1901. There he won a blue at Association Footballand went on to play in goal for Corinthians FC. Later he played in the football league for Newcastle United in season 1905/06 and had a spell with Sunderland. He took an England amateur team to South Africa, Budapest, Norway, Sweden and Canada and had FA Amateur International Caps. He became a Justice of the Peace for the North Riding of Yorks.When war broke out he gave his home over to the Red Cross to act as an Auxiliary Home Hospital. He was commissioned into the 2/4th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment on the 5 September 1914 and transferred to the 1/4th Battalion in January 1915. He was with the battalion when they first went out to France on 18 April 1915 and was made temporary Captain on the 8 October 1915. In the 1881 census he was aged 1, born Barton, Yorkshire, son of Samuel and Isabella Rowlandson, resident Newton Morrell, Darlington, Yorkshire. In the 1901 census he was aged 21, born Barton, Yorkshire, unmarried, a Farmer, resident Hotel Metropole, Northumberland Avenue, St Martin in the Fields, London, Middlesex. Buried in BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row G. Grave 7.

From the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1893:

Extract from Leeds Mercury - Friday 22 September 1916, page 5, and also Leeds Mercury - Friday 22 September 1916, page 5:

SPORTING NOTES.
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL QUARTERS.

Another noted to fall in action is Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, Yorkshire Regiment, the Corinthian goalkeeper, who in January last was mentioned in despatches, and received the Military Cross for distinguished service. Captain Rowlandson, who was an amateur international, kept goal for Cambridge Umversity in 1803-4, and at various times for the Corinthians, Old Carthusians, Sunderland, and the Darlington clubs.

Extract from Liverpool Echo - Friday 22 September 1916, page 5:

FAMOUS CORINTHIAN GOALKEEPER.

Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, Yorkshire Regiment, the famous Corinthian goalkeeper, is among those who have fallen. In January last he was mentioned in despatches, and received the Military Cross for distinguished service. Captain Rowlandson, who was an amateur international Association football player, kept goal for Cambridge University in 1903-4, and at various times for the Corinthians, Old Carthusians, Sunderland, and the Darlington clubs. He also excelled at cricket, golf, and billiards.

Extract from Mansfield Reporter - Friday 29 September 1916, page 2:

SPORTS & PASTIMES.
CAPTAIN T. S. ROWLANDSON KILLED.

Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, Yorkshire Regiment, news of whose death in action has just been received, was the famous Corinthian goalkeeper. He was about 36 years of age, and was the owner of considerable agricultural land at Newton Morrell, which he farmed on the most modern principles. He obtained a commission during the early days of the war, and was promoted to the rank of captain about a year ago. In January last he was mentioned in dispatches. and received the Military Cross for distinguished service. Capt. Rowlandson, who was a magistrate for the North Riding. and was an amateur international Association football player, kept goal for Cambridge University in 1903-4, and at various times for the Corinthians, Old Carthusians. Sunderland. and the Darlington clubs. He also excelled at cricket, golf, and billiards. With the famous amateur club he toured in many countries on the Continent and also visited South Africa.

Extract from Barnsley Independent - Saturday 30 September 1916, page 2:

Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, Yorkshire Regiment, news of whose death in action has just been received, was the famous Corinthian goalkeeper. He was an amateur international Association footballer, kept goal for Cambridge University iu 1903-4, and at various times for the Corinthians, Old Carthusians, Sunderland, and the Darlington He also excelled at cricket, golf, and billiards. Capt. Rowlaudson was 38 years of age.

Extract from Star Green 'un - Saturday 6 January 1917, page 1, and Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 4 January 1917, page 4:

Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, Yorkshire Regiment, of Newton Morrell, Barton, who won renown as a goalkeeper for Cambridge University and for the Corinthians, who was killed in action on September 15th, has left estate of the gross value of £50,855 13s. 1d., of which £21,292 3s. 5d. is net personalty.

Extract from Burton Daily Mail - Thursday 4 January 1917, page 2:

LATEST WILLS

Among latest wills are the following:—

Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, Yorks Regiment, of Barton,’ Yorks, former goalkeeper for Cambridge University and for the Corinthians, killed in action—£50,855.

Extract from Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 4 January 1917, page 3, and The Scotsman - Thursday 4 January 1917, page 4:

LATEST WILLS

Among latest wills proved are the following:—

RUCKER

Robin Sinclair

Lieutenant (Pilot), 43rd Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died of injuries received (received 11 October 1918) while flying near Amiens in a Sopwith F.1 Camel 12 October 1918. Aged 19. Born 9 December 1898. Baptised 12 February 1899 in Cudham, Kent. Son of Mary Emmeline Rucker, of "Wayside," Chislehurst, Kent, and the late Edward A. Rucker. Native of Sevenoaks, Kent. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Cudham, Kent, at school, son of Edward and Mary Rucker, resident Cudham, Sevenoaks, Kent. Educated Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey - Sanderites - September 1912 to August 1916. Commissioned 20 June 1917. Buried in VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot XIIIA. Row AA. Grave 1.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 5, page 146:

RUCKER, ROBIN SINCLAIR, Lieut., Royal Air Force, 3rd s. of the late Edward Augustus Rucker, of Cudham Hall, near Sevenoaks, by his wife, Mary Emmeline (Wayside, Chislehurst), dau. of William Francis Farmer; b. Cudham, near Sevenoaks, co. Kent, 9 Dec. 1898; educ. St. Aubyn's, Rottingdean, and Charterhouse, where he was a member of the Cricket XI.; joined the R.A.F. in March, 1917, obtaining his Wings the following Aug.; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in Oct.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Nov., and died at Amiens 10 Oct. 1918, of wounds received in an aeroplane accident the previous day. Buried at Dury, near Amiens; unm.

Extract from Maidstone Telegraph - Saturday 2 November 1918, page 4:

Lieut. Robin Sinclair Rucker, R.A.F., third son of the late Mr. E. A. Rucker, of Cudham Hall, Sevenoaks, and Mrs. Rucker, of South Croydon, died on the 12th inst. of wounds received on the previous day. He was 19 years of age, and joined the R.A.F. in March of last year, and had been at the Front since November.

RUNDALL

Lionel Bickersteth

Lieutenant, 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment). Died 19 December 1914. Aged 24. Born 9 April 1890. Baptised 8 June 1890 in Dalhousie,St John, Bengal. Son of Col. Frank Montagu Rundall, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., and Mrs. Emily Rosa Rundall, of 11, Prior's Terrace, Tynemouth, Northumberland. Author of "The Ibex of Sha-Ping.". In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born India, a schoolboy boarder at Tyttenhanger Lodge, London Colney, Shenley, Hertfordshire. No known grave. Commemorated on NEUVE-CHAPELLE MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 16 and 17.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 1, page 344:

LIEUTENANT LIONEL BICKERSTETH RUNDALL, 1st BATTN. 1st KING GEORGE'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES (THE MALAUN REGIMENT), who was born at Bakloh, Punjab, India, on the 9th April, 1890, was the youngest son of Colonel F. M. Rundall, C.B., D.S.O., late Commanding the 1st Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles, and a grandson of the late General F. H. Rundall, R.E., C.S.I., and of the late Right Rev. E. H. Bickersteth, Bishop of Exeter.

He was educated at Charterhouse (Sanderites) and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, where he gained the prize for topography. He was in the 4th (Militia) Battalion Scottish Rifles for a year from April, 1907, but resigned his commission on passing into the R.M.C. After serving his probationary period with the 1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment ho joined the 1/1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles in December, 1910. While with them he was promoted Lieutenant in December, 1911, passed as a Transport Officer, and was Instructor in Signalling.

Lieutenant Rundall was a sportsman who enjoyed both big and small game shooting. He was the author of a book, " The Ibex of Sha Ping and other Himalayan Studies," published in 1915. He was a member of the Junior Army and Navy Club.

He was killed on the 19th December, 1914. His double Company Commander was ordered to charge a German sap-head with twenty-four Gurkhas. It was not intended that Lieutenant Rundall should accompany the party, but he preferred not to let his Captain go alone on what seemed a most dangerous exploit. All the party were killed except five men.

Lieutenant Rundall's elder brother—Captain A. M. Rundall, 1st/4th Gurkha Rifles—was killed on the 20th December, 1914, in this same action at Festubert.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

RUNDALL Lionel Bickersteth of 25 Porchester-square Bayswater Middlesex died 19 December 1914 killed in action at Festubert near France Administration London 19 April to Frank Montagu Rundall colonel H.M. Army.
Effects £325 18s. 6d.

Extract from Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 26 December 1914, page 6, and from The Scotsman - Saturday 26 December 1914, page 9, and Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 26 December 1914, page 6, and Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Saturday 26 December 1914, page 6, and Belfast News-Letter - Saturday 26 December 1914, page 5, and Derby Daily Telegraph - Saturday 26 December 1914, page 4 - all articles have different headings but the same news extract:

The Vicar of Leeds, Dr. Bickersteth, has received news that his nephew, Lieutenant Rundall, of the 1st Battalion 1st Gurkha Regiment, and his elder brother, Captain Rundall, of the same regiment, were killed in action on Monday. They were sons of Colonel F. M. Rundall, who formerly commanded a Gurkha regiment in India, and married the elder daughter tho late Bishop of Exeter, Dr. E. H. Bickersteth.

Extract from Western Daily Press - Monday 28 December 1914, page 3:

FALLEN OFFICERS.
BROTHERS KILLED IN THE SAME ACTION.
(From 'The Times.')

Much sympathy will be felt with Colonel F. M Rundall, C.B., D.S.O., and Mrs Rundall, who have just received official news that both their sons, Captain A. M. Rundall, of his father's old regiment, the 4th Gurka Rifles, and Lieutenant L. B. Rundall, 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles, were killed on the same day, December 21, in the same action.

RUNGE

Oscar Julius Tolme

Lieutenant, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) attached 18th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 15 October 1916. Aged 26. Born 29 November 1890 in Camberwell. Son of Bertha Runge, of 27, Albany Mansions, Battersea, London, and the late Julius Joseph Runge. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). At Charterhouse he was a Monitor and Senior Scholar; played football for his House; participated in the gymnastic display in the School Assault at Arms of 1907. Further educated at the Central Technology College, London. Eployed as an engraver before the war. Originally attested 28 August 1914 at Canterbury as Private 368, 6th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), appointed Lance Corporal 8 September 1914, aged 23, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 133lbs, chest 35½-37½ inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, religious denomination Church of England, discharged 12 October 1914, appointed Second Lieutenant, Infantry, 8 October 1914 [London Gazette 9 October 1914, page 8044], appointed Temporary Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment [Supplement London Gazette 3 June 1916, page 5576]. In the 1891 census he was new born, born London, Middlesex, son of Julius J and Bertha Runge, resident Grove Hill Road, Camberwell, London & Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Camberwell, London, an Engineering Student, boarding at Vine Cottage, Bentley, Farnham, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B.

RUSHTON, MC, MiD

Frederick Hornby Lever

Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Killed in action 15 September 1914. Aged 26. Born 29 August 1888 in Denbigh. Son of Frances Alice Birley Rushton, of The Cottage, Aber, Bangor, and the late Frederic Lever Rushton. His brother Edward Birley Lever Rushton also fell. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.), Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Educated Charterhouse. Height 5 feet 8 inches. Joined Royal Irish Regiment as an Officer 10 December 1909. Buried in MONTCORNET MILITARY CEMETERY, Aisne, France. Row J. Grave 8.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice Volume 1, page 344-345:

LIEUTENANT FREDERIC HORN BY LEVER RUSHTON, 2nd BATTN. THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT, was the elder son of the late Frederic Lever Rushton and his wife, Frances Alice Birley, and was born at Gresford, Denbighshire, N.W., on the 29th August, 1888.

He was educated at Charterhouse, where he was captain of football and sports. He first joined the Liverpool Regiment in 1907, and obtained his commission in the Royal Irish Regiment, from the Special Reserve in December, 1909, becoming Lieutenant in October, 1911. He went to the front with his battalion on the outbreak of the war.

At the Battle of Mons Lieutenant Rushton, with another officer, took their C.O., when wounded, out of the firing line, and so saved his life. Subsequently he saved also the life of the Adjutant. Lieutenant-Colonel Cox, his Commanding Officer, whose life he saved, wrote to Lieutenant Rushton's sister: "You have every reason to be very, very proud of your brother. I was wounded in the leg, and could not get along, . . . so he and others carried me out of action under an extremely heavy fire."

At Vailly, on the 15th September, 1914, he was killed while leading a party to take a machine gun which was on an eminence, and was inflicting severe losses on his section.

For these services Lieutenant Rushton was mentioned in Sir John French's Despatch of the 8th October, 1914, and was subsequently awarded the Military Cross, but his death at an earlier date prevented his personally receiving the decoration.

A brother officer wrote of him to a friend: "He was absolutely splendid in the field, and in addition to other deeds of gallantry he undoubtedly saved Dick Phillips' (the Adjutant) life at Mons. Rushton was killed in an advance action in which he had been previously wounded and dressed by Laing, who implored him not to advance any more, as he was wounded right through the shoulder; but he insisted on going on, and was killed shortly afterwards."

Lieutenant Rushton was a keen fisherman and motorist, and was Captain of the regimental football team. He was generally known to his acquaintances as "Hornby," an old family name.

Extract from Irish Officers Died In The Great War, 1914-1919:

Lieutenant Frederick H. L. Rushton, Royal Irish Regiment, entered the service in December, 1909, and was promoted first Lieutenant in October, 1911. Killed in action.

RUSSELL, MiD

Walter

RUSSELL

William Edward

Lieutenant, 129th Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 12 May 1917. Aged 24. Born 10 November 1892 in Croydon, Surrey. Baptised 4 March 1893 in Croydon, St Peter, Surrey. Son of Edward Russell, of Hove, Sussex; husband of Olga H. C. Ricketts (formerly Russell, nee Graham-White), of "Summerhill," Sandown, Isle of Wight, married July to September Quarter 1916 in Steyning Registration District, Sussex. As a Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, he was admitted to Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital at Millbank 30 September 1915 with wounds to his right calf and transferred to P.H.B. Hospital 12 November 1915. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Croydon, Surrey, son of Edward and Kate Russell, resident 4, Nottingham Road, Croydon, Surrey. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Croydon, Surrey, a Student, son of Edward and Kate Russell, resident 39, Wilbury Villas, Hove, Sussex. Matriculated 1911 at Christ Church College, Oxford University. Buried in HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Row B. Grave 11.

Extract from Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 25 May 1917, page 4:

RUSSELL.—Killed in action on the 12th May, Second-Lieut. William Edward Russell, Royal Field Artillery, only son of the late Mr, and Mrs. Russell, of Hove, and husband of Olga H. C. Russell, aged 24.

Extract from Sussex Agricultural Express - Friday 25 May 1917, page 4:

Among latest wills proved are the following:—

Second Lieutenant William Edward Russell, of Hove, of the Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action France (net personalty £11,923)...............................

£12,283