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Yorkshire
Regiment, - Memorials Overseas Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Surnames "R" |
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The Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "R" listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial are;- |
Private Shelton Radford. 1409. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of William and Marianne Radford, of 28, Gibson St., Driffield, Yorks. Killed
24 December 1915. Aged 20.
Born Hollyhead (Anglesey), Enlisted Driffield.
Private William Charles Radley. 10376. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 22 October 1914.
Born Bow (London), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Bow (E).
Private Herbert Ramsden. 33577. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 29 July 1917.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Joseph Ramshaw. 11738. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
14 February 1916.
Born Houghton-le-Spring, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Corporal Albert Ratcliffe. 3/7781. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Idle (Bradford), Enlisted Halifax, Resided Bradford.
Private Horatio Rawnsley. 40428. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 31505 11th Res Cavalry Regt. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Gledhill Rawnsley,
of 9, Cross Hill, Greetland, Halifax; husband of Mrs. A. Nutton (formerly Rawnsley),
of 84, Langdale St., Elland, Yorks. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 25.
Born Greetland, Enlisted Elland, Resided Greetland (Yorks).
Private William Rawson. 42881. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
16550 R F A. Husband of the late Ann Rawson. Killed 8 June 1917. Aged 31.
Born Llanrug (Carnarvonshire), Enlisted Bangor, Resided Caeathrew (Carnarvon).
Private Harry Raynor (served as SHAW). 7887. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Raynor, of Sun Lane, Warrengate,
Wakefield; husband of Elizabeth Ada Raynor, of 11, Rhodes Yard, Kirkgate, Wakefield.
Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 29.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Wakefield.
Private John Redfern. 260114. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
31 July 1917.
Born Trimdon Grange, Enlisted Ferryhill, Resided Trimdon Grange.
Private George Henry Renals. 2785. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Margaret Ann Renals, of 114, Portman St., Middlesbrough.
Analytical Chemist at the North Eastern Steel Works, Middlesbrough. Killed
23 April 1915. Aged 22.
Born Newport (Mon), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Middlesbrough.
Private George Septimus Render. 1567. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 2 May 1915.
Born Brafferton (Helperby), Enlisted Helperby, Resided Brafferton.
Corporal Lionel Frank Rennard. 1917. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Elizabeth Rennard, of 56, Horsforth Avenue, Bridlington. Killed 25 December
1915.
Born Bridlington, Enlisted Bridlington.
Corporal John Rhodes. 36424. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Alfred and Minnie Rhodes, of 3, Richards Place, York St., Hull. Killed 7
June 1917. Aged 19.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Private William Rhodes. 7550. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
28 November 1914.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Lance Corporal John Richmond. 16117. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George and Hannah Richmond, of 27, Parkin St., Merrington Lane, Spennymoor,
Co. Durham. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 20.
Born Spennymoor, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Spennymoor.
Private Peter Riley. 235170.
8th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, formerly
6926 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 July 1917.
Born Padiham (Lancs), Enlisted Burnley (Lancs), Resided Padiham.
Commemorated Panel 41 and 43, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Corporal Sam Riley. 12133. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
the late Samuel and Ann Riley. Killed 14 August 1917. Aged 31.
Born Farnley (Leeds), Enlisted Leeds.
Private Frederick Richard Roberts. 10196. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 22 October 1914.
Born Bermondsey (London), Enlisted London.
Private Alfred Robinson. 2670. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
26 April 1915.
Enlisted Malton.
Private Collin Robinson. 42007. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Joseph and Frances Collin. Killed 27 June 1917. Aged 41.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.
(This entry is erroneous. There was no "Collin Robinson" in the
Yorkshire Regiment. However, there WAS a "Robinson Collin", number
and details as above, who died on 7 June 1917 and is buried in the Perth Cemetery
(China Wall).)
Private John Robert Robinson, 1740. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Charles Robinson, of 34, Coronation St., Carlin How, Yorks.; husband
of Frances Annie Holmes (formerly Robinson), of 4, Carlton Terrace, Yarm, Yorks.
Killed 29 April 1915. Aged 25.
Born Redcar (Yorks), Enlisted Yarm.
Private William Robinson. 38815. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Mary Frances Robinson, of 118, Upper Warwick St., Liverpool. Killed
31 July 1917. Aged 37.
Born Liverpool, Enlisted Liverpool.
Private Robert Robson. 39078. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Father
of Hannah Robson, of 7, Dudley Terrace, New Kyo, Annfield Plain, Co. Durham.
Killed 26 July 1917. Aged 35.
Born Anfield Plain (Durham), Enlisted Consett, Resided Dipton (Durham).
Private Ralph William Robson. 42024. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 508 1st T R Battalion. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private Abraham Rodmell. 19742. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Alfred and Christina Rodmell; husband of Lucy Rodmell, of 5,
Boxwood Avenue, Lee Smith St., Hedon Rd., Hull. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 36.
Born Preston, Enlisted Hull.
Private Edwin Rollings. 10433. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
8968 20th Hussars. Killed 2 November 1914.
Born Eston (Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank.
Private Samuel Rose.
46284. 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly
32788 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 July 1916.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 8 and 12, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private James Henry Royle. 1664. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of James and Lydia E. Royle, of Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, Yorks. Killed
2 May 1915. Aged 20.
Born Henbury (Macclesfield), Enlisted Guisborough.
Private Robert Wilfred Ruddick. 38961. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Hart (Durham), Enlisted Sedgefield (Fishburn).
Private James Francis Ryder. 9580. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Ryder, of 5, Welford St., Middlesbrough; husband of Mary McClusky
(formerly Ryder). Killed 12 November 1916. Aged 37.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private John Erskine Ryder. 2529. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of George Spoor Ryder of 143 Linthorpe Road, Middlesborough. Killed 24 May
1915. Aged 19.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Robert Ryder. 1940. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Emily Ryder, of 10, Rose St., Middlesbrough. Killed 24 May 1915. Aged 25.
Enlisted Middlesbrough.
One of the Lions at the top of the Menin Gate Memorial, with the Memorial
Dedication
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The Memorial Dedication inside the Gate
Photo : Edward Nicholl