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LINCOLN WAR MEMORIAL
WORLD WAR 1
SURNAMES STARTING WITH R

Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Transcribed Bill Ball 2005

RADFORD E
Not in Lincs ROH Book. No further information currently available
RAIKES John Thomas
Private 201146, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RAINFORTH Guy Victor
Private 7095. 28th Battalion, London Regiment.
RAMPTON Arthur Percy
Corporal 12144, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RAMPTON, DCM Frederick Ernest
Corporal 477754, Royal Canadians. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.).
RANKIN John
Second Lieutenant, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RANSHAW Arthur
Private 1789, Lincolnshire Yeomanry.
RATCLIFFE George
[Listed as RATELIFFE on SDGW] Private 5438, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 15th November 1914. Aged 33. Born St Swithins, Lincoln, enlisted Lincoln. Son of Elizabeth Ratcliffe, of 11, Busk St., Moor Crescent Rd., Dewsbury Rd., Leeds. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. See also Lincoln St Swithins.
RAWDING Edward
Pioneer 143022, "A" Rear Company, Special Birgade, Royal Engineers.
RAWDING John Charles
Private 3464, "A" Company, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RAWLINSON Harry
Lance Corporal 201424, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RAWLINSON Ladas
Corporal 381, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
READE Leonard Edwin
Second Lieutenant, South Lancashire Regiment.
REAMES John William
Stoker 1st Class SS/105840, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Navy. Died 31st May 1915. Aged 30. Husband of Dorothy Rose Crick (formerly Reames), of 65, Mill Rd., Burton Rd., Lincoln. Buried in NEWPORT CEMETERY, LINCOLN, Lincolnshire. Grave Ref: C. B Blue. 6. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
REAVILL Francis
[Listed as REVILL on Lincoln St Nicholas memorial] Private 203389, 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
REDFERN William Gibbs
Private 3553, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
REDFORD Stephen William
Private 242170, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
REED William Allister
[Listed as W READ om Lincoln St Nicholas memorial] Private 2080, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
REES Alfred George
Private 7741, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.
REESON Samuel
Private 70040, 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment).
REYNOLDS Harold or Harley Ewart
Lance Corporal 251093, Durham Light Infantry.
REYNOLDS Sidney Enderby
Private 8518, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RHODES William Henry
Private 28135, East Yorkshire Regiment.
RICHARDS, MM Ernest harry
Corporal 54983, 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.).
RICHARDSON George
Private 2812/200646, 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment and 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RICHARDSON Louis Henry
Private 3255, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RICHARDSON Robert Slater
Rifleman 14241, 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 28th June 1917. Aged 28. Born Bradford, Yorkshire, enlisted Derby, resident Draycott, Derbyshire. Son of Joseph and Ellen Slater Richardson, of Lincoln. Buried in BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row L. Grave 13. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
RICHARDSON William Quintus Newsum
Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force.
RILEY Charles Harry
Private 2811, 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RINGHAM Charles
Lance Corporal 10695, "B" Squadron, 20th Hussars. Killed in action 22nd March 1918. Aged 24. Born St Faith's, Lincoln, enlisted and resident Lincoln. Son of Percy Ringham, of 49, Newland St. West, Lincoln. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 6.
ROBERTS Charles Septimus
Private 241581, Gloucestershire Regiment.
ROBERTS Frederick aka Fred
Corporal 43006, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died of wounds 3rd September 1918. Born St Swithen's, Lincoln, enlisted Lincoln. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Section R. Plot II. Row R. Grave 1. See also Lincoln St Swithins.
ROBEY William Thomas
Private 27196, 5th Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
ROBINS John or Joseph Howard
Private 8708, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
ROBINSON Cyril Conyers
Private 95519, 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 24th April 1918. Aged 18. Born Hull, enlisted Lincoln. Son of Conyers and Charlotte Robinson, 4, Walmer St., Monks Rd., Lincoln. Buried in ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX, Somme, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 5. See also Lincoln All Saints
ROBINSON John Henry
Private 1208, 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
ROBINSON Percy Charles
Private 27293, 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancashire Regiment). Killed in action 13th October 1916. Aged 23. Enlisted Lincoln. Son of Charles and Lucy Robinson, of 124, Burton Rd., Lincoln. Formerly 2968, Lincolnshire Regiment. Commemorated on THIEPVAl MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 5 D and 12 B. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
ROBINSON Walter
Private 3575, 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 13th October 1915. Aged 18. Enlisted and resident Lincoln. Son of Robert and Sarah Robinson, of 66, Spital St., Lincoln. Buried in BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row C. Grave 10. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
ROBINSON Wilfred
Private 42587, 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
ROBINSON William
Private 241979, 1st/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 26th October 1917. Aged 33. Born Watford, Hertfordshire, enlisted Lincoln. Son of Robert and Sarah Robinson. Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VII. Row A. Grave 17. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
ROBSON Victor John
Sergeant 13795, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 28th April 1917. Born Grantham, enlisted Deptford, Surrey. Buried in CHILI TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE, Pas de Calais, France. Special memorial C. 15. *** Link with Lincoln unclear but in ROH Book *** .

Note: The cemetery contains 196 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 19 of the burials are unidentified and 86 graves destroyed by shell fire are now represented by special memorials.

Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
ROLLINGS James
Private CH/17544, Royal Marine Light Infantry.
ROOKE William
Lance Corporal 6325, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 1st November 1914. Aged 28. Born and enlisted Lincoln. Son of Sarah Rooke, of 8, Oakleigh Terrace, Long Leys Rd., Lincoln, and the late John Rooke. Formerly 18051, Royal Army Medical Corps. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 21. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
ROSE Charles
Lance Corporal 241398. 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
ROSE George William
Private 59015, 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 24th April 1918. Born St Nicholas, Lincoln, enlisted Lincoln. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 26 and 27. Also see Lincoln St Nicholas.
ROSSINGTON George Gregory
Private 8369. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
ROSSINGTON John William
Private 18046, 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
ROUSTON Bertie
Private M2/033009, Motorised Transport, Royal Army Service Corps.
ROWE Thomas Francis
Sapper 471369, 130th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Died 25th September 1918. Aged 34. Born and enlisted Lincoln. Son of Joseph and Sarah Hannah Rowe, of Lincoln; husband of Edith Rowe, of 179. Winn St., Lincoln. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVI. Row E. Grave 26. See also Lincoln All Saints
ROWETT Arthur James
Private 10401, 18th Hussars.
ROWLEY William George
Lance Corporal 306016, 8th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment).
ROYLE Charles
41698/241688, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.

RUDD

Cecil Edgar

Fitter Staff Sergeant 51815, 49th Brigade, H.Q., Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 7th September 1916. Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, resident Lincoln. Buried in DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 44. See also Lincoln St Mary Le Wigford

RUDD Frederick William Henry
Private 202068, 2nd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
RUDLING George Frederick
Private 40019, South Staffordshire Regiment.
RYLATT Felix P
Private 49574, 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.

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