The Brave Few – R

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RACE, W.
Who died in the First World War.
Remembered on the Woodhouse Mill First World War Memorial.
Extensive research online has failed to find any record of W. Race.


RADFORD, BRUCE
Regiment:  King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1st/5th Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No.241718
Date of Death:  13 June 1917
Son of the late Walter Radford and Ester Ann Starsmore (formerly Radford, née Foster)
Cemetery:  LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. Panel  97 & 98
Remembered on the First World War Plaque outside the first Aughton Council School, Main Street (now Aughton Early Years Centre)


RANDLE, LOUIS FERDINAND
Royal Navy, H.M.S. Kipanga
Rank:  Leading Air Fitter
Service No. SFX 2066
Date of Death:  13 May 1943, age 20
Son of Oliver and Esther Jane Randle, of Park Hill, Swallow Nest, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Died in Hospital in East Africa.
Cemetery:  MOMBASA (MBARAKI) CEMETERY, KENYA. Link
Grave No. Prot. Service Plot. Row J. Grave
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston


ROBINSON, WALTER
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No. 3101
Enlisted in Rotherham
Date of Death:  14 August 1915, age 26
Of 7 Manvers Road, Swallow Nest, Sheffield
Son of Thomas Frederick and Mary Robinson of Swallow Nest, Sheffield
Cemetery:  TALANA FARM CEMETERY, BELGIUM. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref.  IV. A. 24
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston


ROSE, CLARENCE
Royal Air Force, 144 Squadron
Rank:  Sergeant
Service No. 631369
Date of Death: 11 July 1940
Flying in a Hampden Aircraft, lost on a mission over Germany
of Beighton Lane, Swallownest, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Cemetery:  JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, NETHERLANDS. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. 12. G. 8
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston


ROSE, FREDERICK JAMES
Regiment:  Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 7 A.A. Div. Radio Maintenance Company
Rank:  Corporal
Service:  4619076
Date of Death:  01 August 1942, age 25
Son of Edward and S. E. Rose, of 35 Worksop Road, Swallownest.
Husband of Gladys Rose of Netherton, Huddersfield.
Cemetery:  ASTON-CUM-AUGHTON CEMETERY, near Sheffield
Grave No. 274
Remembered in the Second World War Roll of Honour Book in All Saints Church, Aston


ROYS, JOHN JOSEPH
Regiment:  King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1st/4th Battalion
Rank  Private
Service No. 58078
Date of Death:  31 July 1918, age 19
Son of William and Adeline Roys of 10 New Row, Aughton, Sheffield
Cemetery:  CROIX-ROUGE MILITARY CEMETERY, QUAEDYPRE, FRANCE. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. I.B.16
Remembered on a memorial grave in Aston Cemetery, Sheffield.
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston
Remembered on the First World War Plaque outside the first Aughton Council School, Main Street (now Aughton Early Years Centre)


RUDKIN, HENRY LOVICK FAUCKNER
Regiment:  East Yorkshire Regiment, 9th Battalion.
Rank: Sergeant.
Service No. TR5/25334.
Date of Death:  24th March 1917, age 25.
Son of William and Catherine Rudkin of Empingham.
Enlisted in Sheffield.
Cemetery:  EMPINGHAM (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, RUTLAND, UK. Link
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston, Sheffield.
(The name on the Aston church memorial is Lovell Rudkin and this is the only Rudkin we can find on the Commonwealth War Grave site who enlisted locally).


RUSSELL, WILLIAM JOHN
Regiment:  York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st/5th Battalion
Rank:  Private
Service No. 43691 or 43191
Enlisted in Sheffield
Date of Death:  09 October 1917, age 35
In the 1911 census was living at 20 High Street, Swallownest, Sheffield.
Husband of Elizabeth A. Russell, of Cross Lane, Measham, Burton-on-Trent
Cemetery:  TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. Link
Grave/Memorial Ref Panel 125 to 128
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston