We remember Gerald Walter Roche

We remember Gerald Walter Roche

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Timeline

Timeline

1898
birth Birkenhead United Kingdom Source:8648066 Source:8619928 11th March 1898
1911
location 303 Brook Street, Birkenhead United Kingdom parents address Source:8619959 2nd April 1911
1917
dates Age 19 Source:8619944 7th September 1917
1917
service British Army 30849 Manchester Regiment Source:8619928 7th September 1917
1917
service British Army Rifleman 24458 KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion Source:8619944 7th September 1917
1917
location 97 St. Ann Street, Birkenhead United Kingdom parents address Source:8619944 7th September 1917
education Our Lady's School Price Street, Birkenhead United Kingdom Source:8889311
employment Assistant in Grain Warehouse Seacombe, Wallasey United Kingdom Source:8889311
enlistment Liverpool United Kingdom Source:8619928
service British Army Private 24458 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Source:8619928
1917
death Died of wounds Struck by a shell burst and wounded in the leg.Died at Clearing Station four hours later from wounds received France Source:8619944 Source:8889311 Source:8619928 7th September 1917
burial Estaires Communal Cemetery And Extension CWGC Cemetery/Memorial France IV. J. 7 Source:8619944
sibling Annie Roche Source:8619959
sibling - Source:8619959
sibling - Source:8619959

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Gerald Walter
Initials GW
Last Name Roche
Source 8619928
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
303 Brook Street, Birkenhead United Kingdom parents address known 2nd April 1911
97 St. Ann Street, Birkenhead United Kingdom parents address known 7th September 1917
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 30849 Manchester Regiment
British Army 24458 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Private
British Army 24458 KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion Rifleman
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John Wheler Roche father
Alice Roche mother
James Roche father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Annie Roche sister
- brother
- sister

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Hannah21187
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Hannah21187
Liverpool Pals 1914-1918 Transcription Hannah21187

External Evidence

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Ancestry Link to Great War Death Records Alun44477
Ancestry link to 1901 census Alun44477
Commonwealth War Graves Record Alun44477
Ancestry Link to 1911 Census (Corrected entry) Alun44477
Ancestry Birth Records Alun44477
Ancestry link to Free BMD Alun44477

Multimedia

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De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour item Alun44477
Portrait of G W Roche Alun44477
Copy newspaper article Alun44477

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