We remember Ronald Owen Lagden

We remember Ronald Owen Lagden

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Timeline

Timeline

1889
birth Maseru, Basutoland Lesotho Source:5487731 21st November 1889
1901
education Durnford School Langton Matravers Dorset United Kingdom Source:8733200 April 1901
1903
education Marlborough College Marlborough United Kingdom Source:7655551 September 1903 - August 1908
1908
education Oriel College, Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Source:5487747 1908 - 1912
1911
employment Undergraduate Allen Frederick Walden Landewednack, Cornwall United Kingdom Source:5487731 1911
employment Assistant Master Harrow School Harrow United Kingdom Source:7655551
employment england ruby player United Kingdom Source:7530705
service British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps Source:2292763
1915
death Killed in Action Captain Ronald Owen Lagden was killed leading his men over the top in a gallant attack that was doomed from the start. Of 300 men of all ranks, 130 were killed, wounded or missing.. Ypres Belgium Source:7530705 Source:6169730 3rd March 1915
burial Ypres (menin Gate) Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:7530705

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Ronald Owen
Initials RO
Last Name Lagden
Source 2292763
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army King's Royal Rifle Corps Captain
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Godfrey Yeatman Lagden father

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Gillian1912
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Gillian1912
GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription Gillian1912
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Gillian1912
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Susan38118

External Evidence

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The Masonic Great War Project - Roll of Honour 1914 -1918 Gillian1912
Marlborough College Register 1843 - 1933 Beverly42842
In Memoriam: The Great War - John Bain, Elegist of Lost Boys and Lost Boyhood Beverly42842
Oxford University Rugby Football club newsletter online. Katherine27600
Final Wicket:Test andFirst Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War Katherine27600
Harrow Memorials: Captain R O Lagden Hannah21187

Multimedia

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Ronald Owen Lagden Gillian1912
Ronald Oxford Cricket XI Gillian1912
Ronald Owen Lagden Tom62472
Harrow memorials: Ronald Owen Lagden Hannah21187

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