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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - The Le Touret Memorial, Surnames "R" |
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The
Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (1)
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| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "R" listed on the Le Touret Memorial are;- |
Captain William Henry George Raley. 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd
Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Eldest son of Lt. Col. William Emsley Raley,
of Darley Hall, Barnsley, Yorks, and the late Elizabeth Emsley Raley. Killed
15 June 1915. Aged 30.
Commemorated on Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.
The following additional biographical information is taken from Roberts Coulson's
Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"William Raley was born in Barnsley on May 3rd 1885.
He qualified into the legal profession and was admitted to the bar in 1908
working as Managing Clerk for the family firm of Raley & Sons in Barnsley.
A pre war territorial soldier he first went to France with the Royal Fusiliers
in December of 1914 but was invalided home with blood poisoning.
Captain Raley then joined the 2nd Yorkshires in May of 1915 just after the
Battle of Festubert. On June 14th the battalion moved into trenches to the
east of Givenchy and attacked at 6-00 a.m. the next day after the blowing
of a mine under the enemy line. Captain William Henry George Raley was killed
in this action on June 15th 1915 at the age of 30
The following was written in the official history of the regiment;-
“Captain Raley and most of his “B” company were hit before
they got away from their parapet”."
Private Samuel Rhodes. 7041. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Kate Rhodes, of 7, Ingleby St., Bradford; husband of Jane Rhodes of 66,
Jermyn St., Stott Hill, Bradford. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 30.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford
Lance Corporal Ernest Henry Richards, 10151. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Alfred and Eliza Richards, of 10, Salisbury St., Thornaby-on-Tees,
Yorks. Killed on 11 March 1915. Aged 19.
Born Belfast, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Thornaby-on-Tees.
Private Stephen Robson. 3/6578. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Jennie Knox (formerly Robson), of 27, Derwent St., Newport, Middlesbrough.
Killed 12 March 1915. Aged 23.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private George William Rodgers. 16413. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Rodgers, of 8, Aged Miners' Homes, Chopwell, Co.
Durham; husband of Selina Winifred Rodgers, of 39, Park St., Brandon Colliery,
Co. Durham. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 31.
Born Willington (Durham), Enlisted Durham.
Private Thomas Ruddy. 7150. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
12 March 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
The Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (2)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)
The
Le Touret Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery (3)
Photo : Chris Weekes (<weebex12@hotmail.com>)