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Pte T. Roche
British Army 1st Btn Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:9 Ryders Row, Off Copel Street, Dublin
(d.13th Feb 1917)
T. Roche of the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers lost his life due to gas poisoning.
Pte. George Rochelle
British Army 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:8 Goscote Rd., Heath End, Pelsall, Walsall
(d.30th September 1916)
Gdsmn. Thomas Rochelle
British Army 2nd Btn. Coldstream Guards
My grandfather, Thomas Rochelleenlisted in the Coldstream Guards in January 1915 and was in several battles until he received a shrapnel wound. He received the pip squeak and wilfred medals plus the silver war badge.
He passed away in 1961 leaving me his Service Bible with a dried Flanders poppy pressed inside.
Pte. Thomas Rochelle
British Army 2nd Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Market Drayton
My grandfather, Thomas Rochelle, enlisted in the Coldstream Guards on 26th January 1915 in the 2nd Btn.and was demobbed from the army on 26th October 1917. He received the Victory Medal and the British War Medal also the Silver War Badge number 251138, Gazette page 153.
Cpl. Leonard Rochford
British Army 23rd Btn. London Regiment
from:Treefoil Road, Wandsworth
Leonard Rochford was my great uncle, the sixth child of eight children, five boys and three girls. He landed in France on the 14th of March 1915 He volunteered for service and was not conscripted, the 23rd London Regiment was at Festubert, Loos, Somme, Lille, Tournai, Messines and Ypres between 1915 and 1918. He would have joined for the Duration of the War and therefore probably served in all the above places.
Rifleman Hugh Rock
British Army 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Ballymoney, Co. Antrim
(d.8th June 1917)
Hugh Rock was the postman at Cloughmills, and on enlisting, his sister agreed to take over his round until his return, a tough job for a young girl. In those days delivering the mail was done on foot, in all weathers, without even a bicycle. Possibly because of his peacetime employment, Hugh was often given the duty of being a runner, tasked with hand-delivering dispatches from trench to trench when other forms of communication failed. It was an extremely dangerous and hazardous task, constantly under the threat of snipers and enemy fire. In early June 1917 Hugh was given permission to take leave. A week before he was expected home, word reached his family that Hugh had been shot while delivering dispatches in the lead up to the Battle of Messines. He is buried at the Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery.
Pte. Patrick Joseph Rock
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.4th May 1915)
Patrick Rock was lost during fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke. He is remembered on the Menin Gate.
Pte. Robert Radcliffe Rock
British Army King's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
My grandfather, Robert Rock, served with the King's Own Royal West Kents 1914-18 during WW1. I would like to know more about him and his regiment.
Pte. George Rockley
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Forresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
from:Nottingham
(d.7th Jun 1917)
George Rockley was my grandfather who was killed in action when my father was 18 months old.
Pte. George Rockley
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Nottingham
(d.6th Jun 1917)
George Rockley was my grandfather he was married to Mary, son Dennis was born in 1916. He was killed at the Battle of Messines.
S/Sgt. Albert Rockliffe
British Army 192nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Albert Rockliffe served with the 192nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. I have found a Christmas card which my grandfather sent to my grandmother from France in 1918. It reads: With the compliments of the season from the men who feed the guns with the British Army in France, Christmas 1918 On the inside it lists all personnel and their ranks.
On the rear cover it reads:
- Vimy
- Arras
- Pilkem
- Langemarcke
- Poelcapelle
- Amiens
- Somme
- Cambrai
- Le Cateau
Pte. Patrick Rocks
British Army 14th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Middlestone Moor
(d.27th Sep 1915)
Patrick was the eldest son of Catherine Rocks and James Rocks (deceased). Before the First World War he was a coal hewer. He almost certainly lied about his age to enlist, as many did. He was killed in action on his second day at Loos. Never forgotten.
If anyone has photographs of the 14th Battalion, D company - copies would be hugely appreciated.
Samuel Roddan
British Army 8th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
My grandfather, Samuel Roddan, served with the 8th Battalion Gordon Highlands. I found a certificate that states he was recognized by the Lodge St James B.U.R.A. No 424 Hawick, Certificate was dated July 3rd, 1924.
L/Cpl. Charles "Chay" Roddick
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Langholm
(d.20th September 1917)
Pte. George Roddick
British Army 9th Btn. Black Watch
from:Dumfries
(d.24th Mar 1916)
George Roddick was my Great Uncle, Mum used to tell me about him although his life was cut short before she was born. It was one of many great stories of sheer bravery that George Roddick and indeed many more brave young men had told about them by family and friends and allowed our generation to remember them as the Heroes of the Great War. I feel honoured that the name George made its way down the family to myself.
Pte. George Roden
British Army 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Northwich, Cheshire
(d.25th Sep 1915)
L/Cpl. David Purves Campbell Rodger
British Army 5th Btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
(d.18th Jul 1916)
My great uncle S/18599 Lance Corporal David Rodger was killed 18th July 1916 aged 19 years at Delville Wood and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. He was born 8 September 1896 at Tennant Street, Leith, Midlothian the son of William Cochrane Rodger and Isabella Fraser Brand Campbell. His medal card shows he entered the Theatre of War in France on 11th of October 1915.
His brother, my grandfather Thomas Rodger served with 7th Royal Scots and was involved in the Gretna Train Disaster on 22nd May 1915. Fortunately, he was one of the few who survived. He had a foot injury. He served in the Dardanelles and in France, however, was transferred to the Labour Corps because of the injured foot.
Sgt. John Irvine Rodger MSM.
Royal Field Artillery
from:Glasgow
(d.14th April 1918)
John Rodger was murdered by a German in Giessen POW camp. He was stabbed in the back.
Sgt. John Irvine Rodger
from:Glasgow
John Rodger was a Prisoner of War, he was stabbed in the back by the German cook when he complained that the food was not fit for his men. He lay on his bunk for three days before he died
A. John Rodgers
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Burton on Trent
My great grandfather, Jack Rodgers joined a hospital ship as a volunteer on June 30th 1917 at Greenock in Scotland after being assigned to it due to being declared unable to fight on the front after injuries sustained while serving in France. He kept a diary while on this ship and describes his duties and life aboard ship. There are many harrowing tales of injured service personnel, of all nationalities and faiths. His last entry is on 5th of May 1919 when it arrived in Gibraltar.
Pte. Bernard Rodgers
British Army 14th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Elsmere Street, Bolton, Lancashire
(d.25th September 1916)
From family stories Bernard Rodgers was killed by a mortar shell whilst attending to the injured during The Battle of Morval and is buried at Guillemont Road Cemetery.
Both myself and my parents were the first family members to visit his grave since his death on the 100th anniversary of his death on 25th September 2016.
Catherine Hedley Rodgers
British Army Queen Marys Army Auxiliary Corps
(d.9th Nov 1918)
Catherine Hedley Rodgers, Worker 45131, enlisted at Newcastle and served in the Gateshead Hostel, with Queen Mary Army Auxiliary Corps. She died at home age 27 on the 9th November 1918. Her grave is in St Mary's Churchyard Heworth - South Eastern Part.
Catherine was born in Jarrow 1891, daughter of the late David and Mary Jane Rodgers nee Rutherford. In the 1911 census she is 20 years old working as a live-in Laundry maid at Wynyard Park, Stockton on Tees.
Gnr. Frank B. Rodgers
British Army 234th Seige Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.30th March 1918)
Frank Rodgers served with the 234th Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was aged 40 when he was killed in action on 30th March 1918. He is buried at La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville St Vaast, France.
Pte. Frederick T. Rodgers
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
Frederick Rodgers was discharged in September 1916 Wounded
Sgt. Gilbert Rodgers
British Army 166th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Bolton
Gilbert Rodgers served with 166th Company, Machine Gun Corps.
Pte. Henry Rodgers
British Army 8th (Post Office Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Lewisham, London
(d.27th June 1915)
Sgt. J. Rodgers
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Sunderland
J Rodgers was discharged in 1918 due to Gunshot Wounds
Pte. J. Rodgers
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Joseph Rodgers
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Joseph Rogers was demobed in May 1919
L/Cpl Richard Rodgers
British Army 1/6th Btn. C Coy. Duke of Wellingtons Regiment
from:Mossley, Lancashire
(d.14th Oct 1917)
Richard Rodgers died of wounds inflicted to both arms during fighting on the 9th of October 1917. His grave can be found at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
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