We remember Reginald George Ranson

We remember Reginald George Ranson

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Timeline

Timeline

1894
birth United Kingdom Source:9592925 1894
1901
location 121 Parish Lane, Penge United Kingdom parents address Source:9592992 1901
1911
employment Brewers Stock Clerk Source:9593000 1911
1911
location "The Furze", 58 Wiverton Road Sydenham United Kingdom parents address Source:9593000 1911
1915
service British Army Rifleman 2569 London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Source:8456216 29th March 1915
1915
location The Furze, 58 Wiverton Road, Sydenham United Kingdom parents address Source:9592927 1915
service British Army Private 2569 London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Source:8456216
1915
death Killed in Action Shot through head by a bullet whilst cleaning his rifle in trench.Battalion War Diary notes that area had been subject to sporadic sniping from German positions. Houplines France Source:8456216 Source:9593031 29th March 1915
burial Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Nord Originally buried in Houplines Old Military Cemetery at Map Reference: 36.C.21.b.8.2. - Row D, Grave 24. 'Concentrated into larger CWGC cemetery after the armistice. France III. B. 3. Source:9592927

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Reginald George
Initials RG
Last Name Ranson
Source 8456216
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
"The Furze", 58 Wiverton Road Sydenham United Kingdom parents address known 1911
121 Parish Lane, Penge United Kingdom parents address known 1901
The Furze, 58 Wiverton Road, Sydenham United Kingdom parents address known 1915
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 2569 London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Private
British Army 2569 London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Rifleman
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
George Henry Ranson father
Frances Sarah Ranson nee Hoare mother

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Communities

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Trevor321
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Steve64587
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Steve64587
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Steve64587
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Steve64587

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Multimedia

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Beckenham War Memorial Trevor321
Norwood News 9th April 1915 Steve64587
Written proposal for memorial tablet. Steve64587

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