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Rflmn. Louis Romanini
British Army 2nd Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Shadwell, London
(d.7th Aug 1916)
Louis Romanini is my great great uncle, who joined the 2nd Btn Rifle Brigade Prince Consorts Own in December 1915. He went on to fight in the Battle of the Somme on the 1st July 1916 and was after sent to Vermelles where he was killed on 7th of August 1916 at the young age of 20. To Louis it was a great adventure and a short war as many of our young lads were led to believe.
In 2014 I traveled to France to see where the Battle of the Somme took place and to visit his grave in Vermelles British Cemetery, as well as many other battlefields including Ypres in Belgium With the Western Front Association. I am very proud of my great great Uncle Louis.
Sgt. Henry Flockhart Rome
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Umtali, Rhodesia
We know little of Henry Flockhart's early life in Southern Rhodesia except that he was employed by Lennons Ltd as a pharmacist from 1911 to 1920. We have so far been unable to find any trace of attestation papers but are fairly certain that he enlisted in Rhodesia. Family stories have him serving in Salonika at some stage but we can find no verification of this. He was discharged in 1918 and returned to Rhodesia where, in 1920, he was married in Salisbury. The following year he had to return to Scotland to sort out some family matters and never returned to Rhodesia.
If anyone is able to provide more details, I would be most grateful.
Pte. John Rome
British Army 91st Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Gretna
(d.30th March 1917)
Private John Rome of the 91st Coy Machine Gun Corps was aged 29. He is buried in Euston Rd., Cemetery, Colincamps Somme, France. He is remembered in a Memorial Inscription at Rigg Cemetery "John Rome who died of his wounds in France 30th Nov 1917 age 29"
Pte. George Edward Romer
British Army 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment
from:London
(d.25th March 1915)
George Edward Romer served with the 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment. Born 1883 in Hoxton Middlesex he was the son of Wilhelm August Romer and Mary Ann Romer nee. Metheringham. He married Elizabeth Dumphy in 1904 and had 3 daughters and one son. Elizabeth was living at 2, Russell Rd., South Tottenham, London at the time of George's death.
George was killed in action on 25th March 1915 and is buried inDickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Sgt. Thomas Ronaldson
British Army 526 (1st Durham) Field Coy. Royal Engineers
(d.17th Apr 1917)
Thomas Ronaldson, Sergeant 470095, enlisted at Jarrow and served in the 526th (1st Durham) Field Company, Royal Engineers. He was killed in action age 27 on the 17th April 1917 and is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph, St. Paul's Church and is buried in Hervin Farm British Cemetery, St Laurent-Blangy. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals also that he was killed in action.
Thomas was born in Jarrow 1889 and was married to Edith Ronaldson nee Biddle of Jarrow. In the 1911 census they were living at 79 Croft Terrace, Jarrow. Thomas(22) was a brass tube caster's helper in a brass and copper tube works. His wife Edith(19) of under one year was born in Birmingham. They had no children and his mother-in-law Sarah Jane Biddle(46) widow was staying there as well.
2nd Lt. James Francis Ronaldson-Lyell
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
(d.25th November 1917)
2nd Lieutenant James Ronaldson-Lyell was Best Man at my grandfather's wedding. My father, born in 1919 was named Ronald Lyell Munro in his memory. James died on 25th of November 1917, and is buried in Favreuil British Cemetery Favreuil, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Pte. W Ronan
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Willington Quay
Wounded October 1916
Pte. James Wallace Ronnie
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians
from:Bellshill
(d.25th Apr 1918)
James Wallace Ronnie of the 9th Cameronians was my Great Uncle and was killed at the battle of Kemmel on 25th April 1918. His body was never found and his name is on the Tynecot Memorial and the Book of Remembrance at Stirling Castle Scotland.
Before the war he was an ambulanceman with the London Midland Scottish Railway and then volunteered to join the R.A.M.C. but at a later date transferred to the Cameronians.
Pte. Morton Rook
British Army 5th Btn. Border Regiment
from:4 Victoria Terrace, St Bees
Morton Rook sailed for France on 25th October 1914. He served in France and Flanders - Ypres, Somme, Arras and Passchendaele. He was wounded in 1917 we believe in Arras or Passchendaele. His wounds were severe with shrapnel injuries to both legs. He was invalided out and sent to a convalescent house in Cumbria. Morton eventually recovered and moved to Canada in 1930, married and started a family. His personal records were destroyed in WW2 bombings over London.
He lied about his age (he took 10 years off) and enlisted in the war effort once again, this time to serve in WW2 with the Royal Canadian Engineers.
Morton rarely talked about WW1 and only did so when asked. However, he did say that at times they had to search garbage for food.
Pte Albert Edward Rooke
British Army 12th Btn West Yorkshire Regiment
from:60 Reuben Street Leeds
(d.24th Jul 1916)
Pte. Albert Rooks
British Army 8th Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Haverhill, Suffolk
(d.9th April 1918)
2nd Lt. D. Rooney
British Army 37th Btn. London Regiment
I have inherited a canteen of cutlery which was presented to 2nd Lt. D. Rooney commemorating date 26.6.1915 by his brother officers of the 37th Battalion the London Regiment. This person does not belong to my own family tree. The inscription does not say why it was presented to him. I would like to find out if it was presented as a mark of valor.
Pte. George Rooney
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Burnhopefield
(d.19th May 1916)
George Rooney is buried in Mericourt Cemetery
Pte. James Rooney
British Army 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:Newton Stewart, Wigtonshire, Scotland
(d.22nd Jul 1916)
James Rooney was my great-grandfather, husband of Catherine and father of nine. As I've heard it, notification of the date James was to leave for his service arrived at the house and Catherine hid it. She did not want him to go. According to records, his service spanned one year and two days. He was killed at France and Flanders. In the family photo, Catherine is pregnant with child number nine. The boy standing in front of her is my grandfather.
Gnr. James E. Rooney
British Army 5th Divisional Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
from:Lurgan
I have just received James Rooney's medals into my private museum. They have been donated by his grandson. The Mons Star, War Medal and Victory Medal, engraved on the Mons star, Aug Nov 1914 plus the bar and rose on the ribbon, 5176 GNR. J.E.Rooney R.F.A. the other two medals just R.A. not R.F.A.
James's son Joe served throughout WW2 with the Royal Ulster Rifles and the London Irish Rifles and survived. He fought in North Africa and Italy, one of the D Day Dodgers.
Pte John Rooney
British Army 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment
from:Burr Co Offaly, Ireland.
My Grandfather, John Rooney of the 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. On the field July 21st 1916. He survived the war and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
Pte. Peter Rooney
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:43 Kilmood Street, Shortstrand, Belfast.
(d.1st Jul 1916)
My Great Uncle, Pte. Peter Rooney of the 14th battalion RIR was killed on the 1st of July 1916.
Pte. T Rooney
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wallsend
T Rooney was wounded in 1916 and twice in 1918.
Capt. William Victor Trevor Rooper
Royal Flying Corps 1 Sqd.
(d.9th Oct 1917)
Pte. Edwin Rooth
British Army 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Stockport
(d.27th March 1918)
Edwin Rooth is my cousin twice removed, relatively recently discovered. He was an only child, and died tragically just months before the First World War drew to a close.
A/Sgt. Lewis Arnold Philip Roots D.C.M.
British Army 2nd Btn. Welch Regiment
from:Maidstone, Kent
Lewis Roots was born in 1891 in Little Chesterford in Essex. He was known as Philip to his family and friends. He joined the Welch Regiment before the outbreak of WW1. He was recorded at Hut and Llanion Barracks in 1911. He saw action in Belgium and France and was wounded on the battlefield in 1916 when he was a Corporal and again when an Acting Sergeant later in 1916. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in November 1916 for "conspicuous gallantry and ability in reconnoitring enemy positions, despite numerous snipers and gaining extremely valuable information. When his officer was wounded Acting Serjeant Roots took command of the regimental scouts and snipers and until wounded himself, continued to carry out very daring reconnaissances and work his section with great skill"
He left the army and married in 1919. He joined the 28th Kent (1st Southern Railway) Battalion Home Guard in February 1944 as a Major. Lewis Arnold Philip Roots died in Maidstone in 1968.
Boy2 William Roots
Royal Navy
Pte. Frederick Arthur Roper
Australian Imperial Force D Coy, 5 Pltn. 33rd Btn.
from:Walcha, New South Wales
(d.7th June 1917)
Frederick Arthur Roper was born on 27th October 1896, the son of William and Eliza Roper of Derby Street, Walcha, New South Wales. He was working as a labourer when he enlisted on 24th January 1916. Fred was shipped out of Sydney on the "Marathon" and after a few months of training in England was transferred to France on the "Princess Victoria". He lost his life on 7th of June 1917, the first day of the Battle of Messines. He was aged 20 and is remembered with honour at Strand Military Cemetery.
His cousin Martin Joseph Purcell also enlisted into 33rd Battalion 2nd Reinf as well as my great grandfather James Hickey 4/33rd from Tenterfield. I will enter them on this site also.
Dmr. Joseph Arthur Roper
British Army 6th Btn. D Coy. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Belgrave Place, Bradford
Joe Roper was my paternal grandfather. He was wounded and discharged from the army in January 1918. It is therefore likely he was wounded either in the last phases of the Somme or maybe in the Battle of Poelcapelle (Ypres). He was with D Company of the 6th Battalion.
He spoke little of this time but did tell me he remembered being hit and falling into a shell hole. He said it was a long time before he was found. He also recalled being put into an ambulance and the blood from the bloke above dripping down on him. He said following his treatment he was put into a ward where recovery was not expected. In his eighties, Joe showed me the scar which ran from his breastbone around the lower left ribs almost to his spine.
Joe lived a long and honourable life, he served as a sergeant in the Home Guard in WW2 at DeHavillands airfield in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. His first wife died during the late 1930's leaving him with two teenage boys. During the depression he whitewashed people's outdoor lavatories to supplement his income.
I live in Australia and am trying to establish which battle downed Joe. I wish I had spent more time with him.
Trevor Miles Roper
British Army 1/6th (Glamorgan) Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Swansea
Trevor Roper served with the 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Pte. William Roper
British Army 1st Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.17th Sep 1916)
William Roper, Private 3/8572, enlisted in Jarrow and served in the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own). He died age 20 in the 17th September 1916. He is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph, St Paul's Church and is buried in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme. His medal card shows the award of the 1914 Star, War and Victory Medals.
William was born in Jarrow 1896, son of William and Isabella Roper. In the 1911 census the family is living at 6 Scott Street, Jarrow with William(36) a Rivetter in the shipyard, his wife Isabella(34) married for 15 years has had 9 children, 7 of whom have survived and are living here. William(14)is a Rivet Catcher at the shipyard. All the other children are at or below school age. Isabella(9), Catherine(7), Thomas(7), James Duncan(4), Henry(3) and Jane who is 7 months old. The two deceased children are Janet and John - entered on form and crossed out.
Pte. William Leonard Roper
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.4th May 1917)
William Roper was born on 5th September 1893. He was a student of St John's York in 1911-13 being awarded Rugby colours. He was employed as a teacher at Woodhouse CS, Wakefield before enlisting. He died on the 4th May 1917 and is buried St. Leger British Cemetery.
Pte. John Rorrison
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Dumfriesshire
(d.23rd April 1917)
Before my mother was born her father had returned from England to his homeland (Scotland). Shortly afterwards the first World War was underway and young John Rorrison signed up in Lockerbie to join The Royals Scots Fusiliers.
By April 1917 he was engaged in ferocious fighting on high ground overlooking the Cherisy Valley in Arras. As the battalion advanced it was under a barrage of machine gun fire. From 4.45 in the morning until 9pm the battle raged and the Royal Scots Battalion was depleted by half. The survivors retreated but John Rorrison was not one of them. He died on 23rd April 1917 and is "Remembered with Honour" in Bootham Cemetery, Heninel, France. Through researching my family history I know far more about my Grandfather than my Mother ever knew.
My father (considerably older than my Mother) also served in WW1 and survived but was seriously wounded at Ypres in September 1917.
VAD. Roscoe
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 16 Stationary Hospital
L/Cpl. Albert Roscoe
British Army 10th Btn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Bolton
Albert Roscoe served with the 10th and 1/5th Battalions, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was wounded on the 1st of August 1916 in, France. He was again wounded and captured on the 30th of August 1917 in the Honnecourt Sub-sector in France.
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