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256781

Herbert Percy Rudolph

British Army 30th (Works) Battalion Middlesex Regiment

from:Battersea, London

Herbert Rudolph was the naturalised British son of a German. He was born in London. I believe he was interned on the Isle of Man at the start of the war and then transferred to 30th Works Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in Dec 1915. He served in the UK throughout the war. He was medical grade B3 (sedentary duties only).




231920

Gnr. Alfred Charles Ruffle

British Army 67th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

from:Maldon, Essex




230159

Pte. Reuben Ruffler

British Army 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment

from:Birkenhead

(d.8th July 1916)

Reuben Ruffler was my great-uncle, my grandmother's brother. He was killed at the Somme, but his body was never found. My mum used to say that her mum (his sister) used to always hope he would turn up long after the war and in the twenties, ex-soldiers who had been badly injured or had lost their memory used to occasionally knock on their door begging or asking for help and her mum would rush to the door in the vain hope that it would be her brother.




218678

Capt. Thomas Rufus MC MID.

British Army 11th Btn.A Coy. Lancashire Fusiliers

from:Goostrey, Cheshire

(d.14th Apr 1918)

Thomas Rufus served with A Company, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers during WW1 and was killed in action on the 14th April 1918, aged 28. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial for the Missing in Belgium. He was the son of Frederick and Eliza Rufus, of The Willows, Goostrey, Cheshire




247117

Drvr. Jan Ruiters

South African Field Artillery

(d.15th July 1917)

Driver Ruiters was the Son of Hermanus Ruiters. He was 24 and is buried in the Kleinfontein Farm Cemetery, Dordrecht, Eastern Cape, South Africa




187819

Pte. Andrew H. "Dan" Rule MM.

British Army 1st/4th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers

from:Hawick, Scotland

(d.17th Sep 1918)

Private Andrew H. Rule was in the Machine Gun Section of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 1st/4th Battalion. He was reported killed in action on 17th September 1918. He was the third son of the late Robert Rule and of Mrs. Rule, Hawick, and the grandson of the late John Rule, Inspector of Poor. He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field.

Private Rule's uncle, Private Harry Rule, was lost at sea on 1st January 1917 when SS Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk near Cape Matapan, Greece.




251814

Pte. Benjamin Rule

British Army 4th Btn. South Wales Borderers

(d.25th Jul 1915)

Benjamin Rule is remembered on the Helles memorial.




187813

Pte. Harry L. Rule

British Army HQ 52nd Lowland Division Army Service Corps

from:Hawick, Scotland

(d.1st Jan 1917)

My late Grandfather, Private Harry L. Rule was born in Hawick, Scotland. He was the son of Mr John Rule, Inspector of Poor, and Mrs. Rule. Private Rule died at sea, aged 41, on 1st January 1917 when SS Ivernia was torpedoed and sunk near Cape Matapan, Greece, by German submarine UB-47. 121 lives were lost when the ship went down. Private Rule left a widow, Elizabeth, and three young children, John, Jim and Janet. His name is recorded on the Mikra Memorial, Kalamaria, Greece.




212572

Pte. John Thomas Rule

British Army Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Chester le Street




240360

Gnr. James Joseph Rumble

British Army 156th Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery

from:Nunhead, London

(d.23rd June 1918)




215647

Pte. George James Rumbles

British Army Seaforth Highlanders

from:Jarrow

(d.12th May 1917)

George James Rumbles enlisted in Edinburgh, he served in the 12th Labour Company, the Seaforth Highlanders having previously served in one of the other battalion in the Seaforth Highlanders. He died on the 12th May 1917. He is remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery. His medal card notes the award of the War and Victory medals but also their return. He also had previous service with the Royal Scots No. 39148.

George was born in Jarrow 1885, son of Thomas and Rachel Rumbles nee Harrison of 40 Raglan Street, Jarrow. George is not shown on the 1911 census at that address, just his father Thomas (60) a labourer in the shipyard, his wife of 36 years Rachel(62)who has had 5 children born with 3 surviving and the only son at home is Thomas William (26)single, a butchers journeyman. In the 1901 census Martin (23) is a barman, Thomas (17) is an apprentice butcher and George (16) is an apprentice hairdresser.




255228

William Joseph Rumbol

British Army 122nd Seige Bty Royal Garrison Artillery




255835

Gnr William Joseph Rumbol

British Army 122nd Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

from:London




250437

James Edward Rumming

British Army 260th Battery Royal Field Artillery

from:Compton Bassett Village, Wiltshire




256651

A/Sjt. John Rumney

British Army 5th Btn Border Regiment

from:Aspatria

John Rumney signed up to the 5th Battalion Border Regiment on 12th of September 1914, two days ahead of his two younger brothers, Joseph and Fred. John was promoted to Acting Sergeant on 16th of May 1916. He was poisoned by gas on 24th of May 1915 and taken via No 2 Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul, and then on to Le Touquet Field hospital, and finally evacuated to Brighton on 28th May. He was transferred to a reserve regiment on 25th of July 1916, and was recalled to the 4th Battalion Border Regiment on 22nd of June 1917. He was finally discharged 14th of September 1918.




254966

Pte. George Henry Rumsey

British Army 8th Btn. Suffolk Regiment

from:Chattisham, Suffolk

(d.13th Jan 1918)




256418

Spr. Stanley Frederick Rumsey

British Army 432nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers

from:Chilham, Kent

(d.25th Mar 1918)

Stanley Rumsey was my Great Grandfather. I have been researching his life and found he was killed in action 25th Mar 1918 in France. His name is inscribed on the war memorial located at St Mary's church in Chilham. He has no known grave and is listed on the Pozieres Memorial in France. He was granted 2 medals: the Victory Medal & the British War Medal. He was active in tunnelling for the Battle of Arras.




219637

Pte. William Rumsey

British Army 1st Btn. South Wales Borderers

from:Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire

(d.8th Sep 1916)

Pte. William Rumsey served with the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. He died on 8th September 1916




215640

Stk. Henry Rundle

Royal Navy HMS Ruby

from:Plymouth

(d.2nd Dec 1914)

Leading Stoker Henry Rundle, 174357 served on HMS Ruby and died from illness age 39 on the 2nd December 1914. He is remembered at Jarrow Cemetery.

Henry was born in Ireland 1885. He was married to Emma Jane Rundle nee Webb of 64 St Leonards Road, Princes Rock, Plymouth. In the 1911 census they are living at 96 Clare buildings Plymouth. Thomas(35) is a Stoker Royal Navy and Emma Jane (35) has been married for 14 years with 9 children born of whom 6 survived. Three daughter - all of school age - Annie Pauline (10), Margaret Violet (8) and Ellie Jane (6). Three younger boys are William Henry James (6), Edmund (2) and Willie John 3 months old.




242335

Pte. Otto Gerrard Rus

British Army Durham Light Infantry

My great grandfather Otto Rus served in the Great War.




225824

Pte. Alfred Rush

British Army 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers

from:Liverpool

(d.21st Oct 1916)

Alfred Rush served with the 11th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers.




220937

Pte. Arthur Lewis Rush

British Army 10th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment

from:Candlet Farm, Walton

(d.9th December 1916)




243060

Rfmn. B. Rush

British Army 7th (Service) Btn. King Royal Rifle Corps

(d.6th Jul 1915)

B. Rush signed up for service with the Army and was sent to Winchester to begin training and was eventually taken on strength of the 7th (Service) Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He embarked for France on 19th May 1915 travelling by train through France into Belgium where his Battalion took up positions in the Ypres salient.

He is listed by the CWGC as having died on 6th July 1915 whilst the Battalion was manning front line trenches opposite Bellewaarde Farm to the East of Railway Wood. He is buried at the Ypres Town Cemetery Extension.




213046

Cpl. John Rush

British Army 8th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

from:Cookstown, County Tyrone

(d.7th Jun 1917)




208140

CSM. Thomas Rush MC.

British Army Norfolk Regiment

from:South Lopham

CSM. Thomas Rush, Norfolk Regiment: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy had succeeded in penetrating between the front and support platoons of his company, and all the officers had become casualties, he took charge of the company, and rallying his men held up the enemy with rifle fire and bombs, inflicting heavy losses on them. By his cool and gallant leading he set a splendid example to.

That's all we know about our grandfather. He joined the Norfolks before the War about 1904. He got shot a couple of times and his Military Cross is in the museum in Norwich.




225227

Sgt. Charles Henry Rushby

British Army 6th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment

from:Grimsby

(d.26th April 1918)

My husband's grandfather Charles Rushby was the son of Tom and Anne Rushby. Born in Caistor in 1878, he married Rosetta Swaby in 1903 in Grimsby. They had five children, including my father in law, Charles Edward, who was only two when his father died. His younger brother was born after his father's death. Charles Henry was a gaslamp lighter in civilian life. In the army he gained the rank of sergeant and died in Flanders on 26th April 1918. He is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais.




248703

Nurse Ada Rushforth RRC

Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service

from:London

This is my grandmother's aunt who I know worked on 11 Casualty Clearing Station during WW1 up until March 1919. From the National Archives notes when she completed her service and that she was awarded the RRC second class.

I have a bullet that was given to her by a grateful soldier that has a cross carved out of it when you pull it apart you can see the cross. She worked at Westminster Hospital which is the same hospital I trained at. I am now a Sister and I feel very proud to think what work she must have done. I also have a couple of photos of her and some soldiers if that is any use to you. She had some septic sores for which she had to be treated back in England for but when she recovered she returned to the clearing station.

All I remember my grandmother saying about her was that when she came back she did not speak for a long time and she would sit in the garden for hours. I presume she must have suffered post traumatic stress.




228377

Able Sea. Thomas Albert Rusholme

Royal Navy HMS Termagant

from:Margate, Kent

Served on the Termagant from 3 March 1916 to 19 November 1916. He joined the ship after surviving the torpedoing of HMS Cressy in 22 September 1914.




218407

Pte. Hartley Rushton

British Army 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment

from:Colne, Lancashire

(d.15th Jul 1915)

Hartley Rushton served with the 1/5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 15th July 1915. He is buried in the Alexandria Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. He enlisted Burnley and lived at Nickles Street, Colne, Lancashire




223400

Pte. Hartley Rushton

British Army 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment

from:Nickles Street, Colne, Lancashire

(d.15th July 1915)

Hartley Rushton died 15th July 1915 and is buried in the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt.







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