First World War men Q-R
Randall, F. W. – Private RDC
News report
24/11/1917 Private F. W. Randall. RDC., who used to be on guard at Beggar's Bridge, wrote from a camp in Yorkshire to say all the company were now there now guarding Hun Prisoners. Corporal Grovestock is now sergeant. They wish to be remembered to all friends.
News report
24/11/1917 Private F. W. Randall. RDC., who used to be on guard at Beggar's Bridge, wrote from a camp in Yorkshire to say all the company were now there now guarding Hun Prisoners. Corporal Grovestock is now sergeant. They wish to be remembered to all friends.
Randall, George Percy – Private 42385, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 10 Apr 1918, aged 19
Click here to see the card which was issued concerning George Percy Randall's death
News reports
20/05/1916 The three latest recruits G. Randall, J. Fletcher and W. Freeman and down in Dover with Surrey Regiment*.
17/03/1917 Private G. Randall (East Surrey*) is suffering from rheumatism in the arm
22/09/1917 Private G. Randall, East Surrey Regiment*, has, we regret to say, been in hospital for some time now with rheumatics.
13/07/1918 Reported missing
02/08/1919 Memorial Service - The Church was filled for the Memorial Service to the late Pte. Percy Randall on Sunday evening and amongst those present were relatives and friends of the deceased. About thirty demobbed and discharged sailors and soldiers and volunteers marched from the Cross Roads to the Church to attend the same. Special prayers for the dead were said, and the Dead March from Saul was played immediately 'before the Benediction. The sermon was based on the first part of the 16th verse of the 1st chapter of the Second Book of Timothy: "The Lord grant that he may find mercy in that day" and was full of comforting hope and assurance to the mourners.
* This may be a different G. Randall of course or he may have been transferred.
Listed on Coates War Memorial
Find a Grave memorial number 12705928
CWGC link http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1643884/RANDALL,%20GEORGE%20PERCY
WGPP link http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=895279
Died 10 Apr 1918, aged 19
Click here to see the card which was issued concerning George Percy Randall's death
News reports
20/05/1916 The three latest recruits G. Randall, J. Fletcher and W. Freeman and down in Dover with Surrey Regiment*.
17/03/1917 Private G. Randall (East Surrey*) is suffering from rheumatism in the arm
22/09/1917 Private G. Randall, East Surrey Regiment*, has, we regret to say, been in hospital for some time now with rheumatics.
13/07/1918 Reported missing
02/08/1919 Memorial Service - The Church was filled for the Memorial Service to the late Pte. Percy Randall on Sunday evening and amongst those present were relatives and friends of the deceased. About thirty demobbed and discharged sailors and soldiers and volunteers marched from the Cross Roads to the Church to attend the same. Special prayers for the dead were said, and the Dead March from Saul was played immediately 'before the Benediction. The sermon was based on the first part of the 16th verse of the 1st chapter of the Second Book of Timothy: "The Lord grant that he may find mercy in that day" and was full of comforting hope and assurance to the mourners.
* This may be a different G. Randall of course or he may have been transferred.
Listed on Coates War Memorial
Find a Grave memorial number 12705928
CWGC link http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1643884/RANDALL,%20GEORGE%20PERCY
WGPP link http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=895279
Randall, P – Private, TRB
News report
03/11/1917 Privates A. Bedford and P. Randall, of the TRB, had been home for their first leave. They both looked well.
News report
03/11/1917 Privates A. Bedford and P. Randall, of the TRB, had been home for their first leave. They both looked well.
Randall, T – Private, Regiment Unknown
News report
30/06/1917 Privates J. Dolby, T. Randall and R. Weldon had been home for a weeks leave.
News report
30/06/1917 Privates J. Dolby, T. Randall and R. Weldon had been home for a weeks leave.
Rawlings, Tom - Gunner 66711, RFA
Died of wounds 15/06/1916
Listed on Coates War Memorial
Find a Grave memorial number 56468400
CWGC link http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/76287/RAWLINGS,%20THOMAS%20ERNEST
WGPP link http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=2769849
News reports
08/01/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings (RFA) was washed out of his dugout the other day (Gallipoli Peninsula); he was quite well but the weather was rough.
22/01/1916 The following Coates men were with the Mediterranean forces: Gunner T. Rawlings RFA, Lance-Corporal H. Neal 2nd Suffolks, Private J. Payne 8th Suffolks
05/02/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings (FRA) was the last Coates boy to leave the Gallipoli peninsula; he had been sent to Egypt and was at Alexandria.
26/02/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings RFA in a cheery letter home said after varying fortunes of war on Gallipoli Peninsula he was safe and sound at Alexandria in Egypt but expected to be in the thick of it either at Salonica or on the Suez Canal.
25/03/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings RFA who saw most of the Gallipoli campaign wrote from Egypt to say in a letter home to one of the County Council School children who wrote to him that he was well and hoped to be home before long.
27/05/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings RFA whose battery went through a terrible time was in France and hoped to be home on leave.
17/06/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings RFA had been wounded in France and was is hospital.
24/06/1916 Reported that he had Died of wounds. There is a small photograph of him but it did not scan well enough to show here. The same edition also contains a more detailed report which I outline below.
COATES SOLDIER’S DEATH. The parents of Gunner T. Rawlings received official notification from the War Office on 18/06/1916, and also a letter from the matron of the hospital at Abbeville. They were told that their son had passed away peacefully away on June 15th, and that everything had been done for him that could possibly be done. He had been wounded in the head, both arms, and abdomen. The news report goes on to say that he was the eleventh old Coates Council School scholar to die in the war to date. A memorial service was to be held on Sunday (02/07/1916) at the Parish Church, and the schoolmates and friends of the deceased were invited to join a procession which would leave the Cross Roads, Coates Green at 6.15 p.m. The letter received by Mrs. Rawlings from the Chaplain of the Hospital where he died is quoted. It is written in a comforting tone with a mixture of facts, such as “I was summoned to his bedside on Thursday morning at 3 o'clock, and he died two hours later.” and more emotive content, for instance: He … fully made his peace with God… last words were, "Thank God, I die without pain and in peace”… During the afternoon previous he had asked me to write to … send all his love. I buried him this morning in the loveliest of all cemeteries out here, that of Abbeville, with full military honours and Church of England service. The chaplain goes on to say that he enclosed a photograph of the spot and would be able to send a photo of the actual grave later on.
Died of wounds 15/06/1916
Listed on Coates War Memorial
Find a Grave memorial number 56468400
CWGC link http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/76287/RAWLINGS,%20THOMAS%20ERNEST
WGPP link http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=2769849
News reports
08/01/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings (RFA) was washed out of his dugout the other day (Gallipoli Peninsula); he was quite well but the weather was rough.
22/01/1916 The following Coates men were with the Mediterranean forces: Gunner T. Rawlings RFA, Lance-Corporal H. Neal 2nd Suffolks, Private J. Payne 8th Suffolks
05/02/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings (FRA) was the last Coates boy to leave the Gallipoli peninsula; he had been sent to Egypt and was at Alexandria.
26/02/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings RFA in a cheery letter home said after varying fortunes of war on Gallipoli Peninsula he was safe and sound at Alexandria in Egypt but expected to be in the thick of it either at Salonica or on the Suez Canal.
25/03/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings RFA who saw most of the Gallipoli campaign wrote from Egypt to say in a letter home to one of the County Council School children who wrote to him that he was well and hoped to be home before long.
27/05/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings RFA whose battery went through a terrible time was in France and hoped to be home on leave.
17/06/1916 Gunner T. Rawlings RFA had been wounded in France and was is hospital.
24/06/1916 Reported that he had Died of wounds. There is a small photograph of him but it did not scan well enough to show here. The same edition also contains a more detailed report which I outline below.
COATES SOLDIER’S DEATH. The parents of Gunner T. Rawlings received official notification from the War Office on 18/06/1916, and also a letter from the matron of the hospital at Abbeville. They were told that their son had passed away peacefully away on June 15th, and that everything had been done for him that could possibly be done. He had been wounded in the head, both arms, and abdomen. The news report goes on to say that he was the eleventh old Coates Council School scholar to die in the war to date. A memorial service was to be held on Sunday (02/07/1916) at the Parish Church, and the schoolmates and friends of the deceased were invited to join a procession which would leave the Cross Roads, Coates Green at 6.15 p.m. The letter received by Mrs. Rawlings from the Chaplain of the Hospital where he died is quoted. It is written in a comforting tone with a mixture of facts, such as “I was summoned to his bedside on Thursday morning at 3 o'clock, and he died two hours later.” and more emotive content, for instance: He … fully made his peace with God… last words were, "Thank God, I die without pain and in peace”… During the afternoon previous he had asked me to write to … send all his love. I buried him this morning in the loveliest of all cemeteries out here, that of Abbeville, with full military honours and Church of England service. The chaplain goes on to say that he enclosed a photograph of the spot and would be able to send a photo of the actual grave later on.
Read, Charlie – Lance-Corporal, Cambridgeshire+ Regiment or Norfolks*
News report
05/08/1916 Lance-Corporal C. Read is home on leave from Harrogate.
12/08/1916 Lance-Corporal J. Kisby (Northants) and Lance-Corporal C. Read (Cambs+) who had just got his firing and bombing badges and Private H. Thorne (Cambs+) have all had orders to go abroad.
11/08/1917 It was rumoured that Charlie Read, of the Norfolks*, had been recommended for a commission. “All honour to him if he succeeds in getting it.”
News report
05/08/1916 Lance-Corporal C. Read is home on leave from Harrogate.
12/08/1916 Lance-Corporal J. Kisby (Northants) and Lance-Corporal C. Read (Cambs+) who had just got his firing and bombing badges and Private H. Thorne (Cambs+) have all had orders to go abroad.
11/08/1917 It was rumoured that Charlie Read, of the Norfolks*, had been recommended for a commission. “All honour to him if he succeeds in getting it.”
Read, J – Gunner, RFA
Father of W. Read (see below)
News reports
08/09/1917 Gunner J. Read, RFA, had been home for a few days' leave. He had had six months on a farm in Norfolk, and was returning to the same place, where he seemed to be very comfortable.
17/11/1917 Gunner J. Read, RFA, had been ill for some time with blood-poisoning, but he was now progressing favourably.
24/11/1917 Gunner J. Read, RFA, had been home on leave after his recent illness caused by blood-poisoning which he caught whilst sheep-dipping on a farm near Norwich.
01/12/1917 Gunner J. Read had been home on leave after a long touch of blood poisoning. He had returned to his depot before being transferred to farm work. His son, Private W. Read, of the TRB, was fortunate enough to be given a short leave at the same time.
Father of W. Read (see below)
News reports
08/09/1917 Gunner J. Read, RFA, had been home for a few days' leave. He had had six months on a farm in Norfolk, and was returning to the same place, where he seemed to be very comfortable.
17/11/1917 Gunner J. Read, RFA, had been ill for some time with blood-poisoning, but he was now progressing favourably.
24/11/1917 Gunner J. Read, RFA, had been home on leave after his recent illness caused by blood-poisoning which he caught whilst sheep-dipping on a farm near Norwich.
01/12/1917 Gunner J. Read had been home on leave after a long touch of blood poisoning. He had returned to his depot before being transferred to farm work. His son, Private W. Read, of the TRB, was fortunate enough to be given a short leave at the same time.
Read, P – Driver, ASC (Royal Fusiliers)
News report
25/08/1917 Driver P. Read. ASC, attached to the Royal Fusiliers, had been home on leave from the front.
News report
25/08/1917 Driver P. Read. ASC, attached to the Royal Fusiliers, had been home on leave from the front.
Read, W – Private, Leicesters (TRB)
News reports
06/10/1917 Private W. Read, of the TRB., had had his first leave at the week-end.
01/12/1917 Gunner J. Read had been home on leave after a long touch of blood poisoning. He has returned to his depot before being transferred to farm work. His son, Private W. Read, of the TRB., was fortunate enough to be given a short leave at the same time.
15/06/1918 Wounded
News reports
06/10/1917 Private W. Read, of the TRB., had had his first leave at the week-end.
01/12/1917 Gunner J. Read had been home on leave after a long touch of blood poisoning. He has returned to his depot before being transferred to farm work. His son, Private W. Read, of the TRB., was fortunate enough to be given a short leave at the same time.
15/06/1918 Wounded
Redhead, E - Private, Queen's Westminsters
News reports
24/06/1916 Private E. Redhead (Suffolks) was going to France, so was J. Blunt.
22/07/1916 Private E. Redhead who was out at the front with the Queen's London Regiment had met Sgt. J. Cole and other local Cambs. Rgt. boys.
11/11/1916 Private E. Redhead had been helping in the push.
31/03/1917 Private E. Redhead (Queen's Westminster) who had had some months in the thick of it in France was in hospital in Kent. His brother Fred was sent home on reserve and was doing some agricultural work.
14/04/1917 Reported ‘wounded’. Private E. Redhead (Queen's Westminsters) had pleurisy and was in Orpington, Kent.
28/04/1917 Private E. Redhead (Queen's Westminsters) is in Orpington hospital but was cheery. He had been 'over the top' 4 times
30/06/1917 Private E. Redhead (Queen’s Westminsters) who was invalided home was now with his Regiment and anticipated being moved shortly.
25/08/1917 Private E. Redhead, Queen's London Regiment, expected to be home again next week for a short leave before going out to France again. He had been in England for some months owing to pleurisy and pyrexia.
20/10/1917 Private E. Redhead, Queen's London Regiment, had been home on leave, after a long spell in England, where he had been recuperating after an attack of pyrexia, contracted whilst on active service.
03/11/1917 Private E. Redhead, Queen's Westminsters, had written to say he was en route for Egypt, a destination which he chose rather than the Western Front again. It was hoped the climate would suit his health.
News reports
24/06/1916 Private E. Redhead (Suffolks) was going to France, so was J. Blunt.
22/07/1916 Private E. Redhead who was out at the front with the Queen's London Regiment had met Sgt. J. Cole and other local Cambs. Rgt. boys.
11/11/1916 Private E. Redhead had been helping in the push.
31/03/1917 Private E. Redhead (Queen's Westminster) who had had some months in the thick of it in France was in hospital in Kent. His brother Fred was sent home on reserve and was doing some agricultural work.
14/04/1917 Reported ‘wounded’. Private E. Redhead (Queen's Westminsters) had pleurisy and was in Orpington, Kent.
28/04/1917 Private E. Redhead (Queen's Westminsters) is in Orpington hospital but was cheery. He had been 'over the top' 4 times
30/06/1917 Private E. Redhead (Queen’s Westminsters) who was invalided home was now with his Regiment and anticipated being moved shortly.
25/08/1917 Private E. Redhead, Queen's London Regiment, expected to be home again next week for a short leave before going out to France again. He had been in England for some months owing to pleurisy and pyrexia.
20/10/1917 Private E. Redhead, Queen's London Regiment, had been home on leave, after a long spell in England, where he had been recuperating after an attack of pyrexia, contracted whilst on active service.
03/11/1917 Private E. Redhead, Queen's Westminsters, had written to say he was en route for Egypt, a destination which he chose rather than the Western Front again. It was hoped the climate would suit his health.
Redhead, Fred – Rank and Regiment unknown
News report
31/03/1917 Private E. Redhead (Queen's Westminsters) who has had some months in the thick of it in France is in hospital in Kent. His brother Fred was sent home on reserve and was now doing some agricultural work.
News report
31/03/1917 Private E. Redhead (Queen's Westminsters) who has had some months in the thick of it in France is in hospital in Kent. His brother Fred was sent home on reserve and was now doing some agricultural work.
Redhead, H – Driver, ASC
News reports
15/01/1916 Driver H. Redhead (ASC) had arrived home at Coates at last after a varied and trying experience out in the Mediterranean. He had been in action on the Suez Canal and the Gallipoli Peninsula when he was for a time attached to the Australians. He was struck down with dysentery in the autumn and in hospital in Alexandria (Egypt) and Whitchurch (Wales) until he got home last Saturday. He had to return to Woolwich on Monday.
22/01/1916 Driver H. Redhead (ASC) had been transferred from Woolwich to Aldershot.
05/02/1916 Private H. Redhead (ASC) who had just rejoined his Regiment at Aldershot had been put on Home Service duties 'pro tem'. He applied to go out to Egypt with a draft but the doctor refused it
18/03/1916 Driver H. Redhead (ASC) who was invalided home from Gallipoli Peninsula was now stationed at Aldershot.
26/08/1916 Private A. G. Dale MFP and Driver H. Redhead are close at Stanhope, Aldershot
21/10/1916 Driver H. Redhead ASC went home to Coates last Saturday for a day or 2, was taken ill and had to have his leave extended. He had to report to Cambs hospital on Sunday.
04/11/1916 Driver H. Redhead had been seized with a serious illness and is in Aldershot hospital. His parents were telegraphed Monday and went on Tuesday. He was able to speak but was weak.
11/11/1916 Driver H. Redhead who had a sudden seizure at Aldershot shows slight improvement and can move his fingers a little.
25/11/1916 PLUCKY COATES SOLDIER. Driver Herbert Redhead, ASC., Coates, is making very little progress towards recovery in the hospital at Aldershot. His right side seems to be in a state of paralysis. It is generally hoped that the lad will soon recover, as he was so anxious to join the Army, and actually underwent an operation Peterborough Infirmary to enable him to do so. He was out in the Gallipoli Peninsula for some time, being invalided home from there with dysentery.
02/12/1916 Driver H. Redhead ASC is slightly better.
27/01/1917 Driver H. Redhead (ASC) was discharged owing to ill health - he had been in Gallipoli.
News reports
15/01/1916 Driver H. Redhead (ASC) had arrived home at Coates at last after a varied and trying experience out in the Mediterranean. He had been in action on the Suez Canal and the Gallipoli Peninsula when he was for a time attached to the Australians. He was struck down with dysentery in the autumn and in hospital in Alexandria (Egypt) and Whitchurch (Wales) until he got home last Saturday. He had to return to Woolwich on Monday.
22/01/1916 Driver H. Redhead (ASC) had been transferred from Woolwich to Aldershot.
05/02/1916 Private H. Redhead (ASC) who had just rejoined his Regiment at Aldershot had been put on Home Service duties 'pro tem'. He applied to go out to Egypt with a draft but the doctor refused it
18/03/1916 Driver H. Redhead (ASC) who was invalided home from Gallipoli Peninsula was now stationed at Aldershot.
26/08/1916 Private A. G. Dale MFP and Driver H. Redhead are close at Stanhope, Aldershot
21/10/1916 Driver H. Redhead ASC went home to Coates last Saturday for a day or 2, was taken ill and had to have his leave extended. He had to report to Cambs hospital on Sunday.
04/11/1916 Driver H. Redhead had been seized with a serious illness and is in Aldershot hospital. His parents were telegraphed Monday and went on Tuesday. He was able to speak but was weak.
11/11/1916 Driver H. Redhead who had a sudden seizure at Aldershot shows slight improvement and can move his fingers a little.
25/11/1916 PLUCKY COATES SOLDIER. Driver Herbert Redhead, ASC., Coates, is making very little progress towards recovery in the hospital at Aldershot. His right side seems to be in a state of paralysis. It is generally hoped that the lad will soon recover, as he was so anxious to join the Army, and actually underwent an operation Peterborough Infirmary to enable him to do so. He was out in the Gallipoli Peninsula for some time, being invalided home from there with dysentery.
02/12/1916 Driver H. Redhead ASC is slightly better.
27/01/1917 Driver H. Redhead (ASC) was discharged owing to ill health - he had been in Gallipoli.
Rowell, A. W. - Lance-Corporal, 6th Northamptonshire Regiment
News reports
19/02/1916 Private A. Rowell (6th Northants) was well and out of the trenches for a rest; he heard the Zeppelin raiders of Paris near them on their return journey.
01/04/1916 Private A. Rowell (6th Northants) said they are busy but not in the trenches. They were resting and indulging in some of the presents which had been sent out to them from Queen Alexandria's Fund and other sources.
01/07/1916 Private A. Rowell (Northants) wrote to say all was well.
07/10/1916 Private A. Rowell (6th Northants) had been sent to the London Grosvenor Square hospital with a wound to his shoulder
14/10/1916 Private A. Rowell, wounded at Thiepval by shrapnel, was home on a few days leave. His left shoulder was getting on well.
18/11/1916 Private A. Rowell wounded at Thiepval had gone home on leave and was at the War Hospital Duston as his wound did not heal as quickly as anticipated.
16/12/1916 Private A. Rowell had left hospital.
26/05/1917 Private. A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, was in the Isle of Sheppey.
25/08/1917 Private A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, now stationed near Chatham, had been put in the military police.
01/09/1917 Private A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, had been given a months leave for harvest work.
13/10/1917 Private A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, who was wounded at Thiepval, and had been home for harvest work, had been put back again into Category A.
10/11/1917 Private A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, had been home on draft leave, and expected to leave for the front again shortly. He was wounded at the taking of Thiepval.
01/12/1917 Private A. Rowell had crossed the water again and was in France.
04/05/1918 Prisoner
14/12/1918 Eight of eleven local Prisoners of War were safely home. In addition to the 3 named last week Private G. Ward (North Staffs Rgt), Private J. Bates (Sherwood Foresters), Private H. Day (Royal Irish Rifles – wounded), Private J. Turner (Suffolks), Private A. Rowell (Northants Rgt). There are still two unaccounted for and whose absence is causing their friends much anxiety. Private S. Dolby (Royal Fusiliers) and Gunner A. Stroud (RFA).
18/01/1919 The whole eleven Prisoners from the parish had now returned home. Private S. J. Dolby arrived on Saturday and Gunner A. Stroud on Monday. The whole list is Lance-Corporal J. W. Burgandy, Privates G W. Bedford, G. Ward, F. Day, H. Day, A. Rowell, J Bates, J.W. Turner, H. Wheeler and the two above.
News reports
19/02/1916 Private A. Rowell (6th Northants) was well and out of the trenches for a rest; he heard the Zeppelin raiders of Paris near them on their return journey.
01/04/1916 Private A. Rowell (6th Northants) said they are busy but not in the trenches. They were resting and indulging in some of the presents which had been sent out to them from Queen Alexandria's Fund and other sources.
01/07/1916 Private A. Rowell (Northants) wrote to say all was well.
07/10/1916 Private A. Rowell (6th Northants) had been sent to the London Grosvenor Square hospital with a wound to his shoulder
14/10/1916 Private A. Rowell, wounded at Thiepval by shrapnel, was home on a few days leave. His left shoulder was getting on well.
18/11/1916 Private A. Rowell wounded at Thiepval had gone home on leave and was at the War Hospital Duston as his wound did not heal as quickly as anticipated.
16/12/1916 Private A. Rowell had left hospital.
26/05/1917 Private. A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, was in the Isle of Sheppey.
25/08/1917 Private A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, now stationed near Chatham, had been put in the military police.
01/09/1917 Private A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, had been given a months leave for harvest work.
13/10/1917 Private A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, who was wounded at Thiepval, and had been home for harvest work, had been put back again into Category A.
10/11/1917 Private A. Rowell, Northants. Regiment, had been home on draft leave, and expected to leave for the front again shortly. He was wounded at the taking of Thiepval.
01/12/1917 Private A. Rowell had crossed the water again and was in France.
04/05/1918 Prisoner
14/12/1918 Eight of eleven local Prisoners of War were safely home. In addition to the 3 named last week Private G. Ward (North Staffs Rgt), Private J. Bates (Sherwood Foresters), Private H. Day (Royal Irish Rifles – wounded), Private J. Turner (Suffolks), Private A. Rowell (Northants Rgt). There are still two unaccounted for and whose absence is causing their friends much anxiety. Private S. Dolby (Royal Fusiliers) and Gunner A. Stroud (RFA).
18/01/1919 The whole eleven Prisoners from the parish had now returned home. Private S. J. Dolby arrived on Saturday and Gunner A. Stroud on Monday. The whole list is Lance-Corporal J. W. Burgandy, Privates G W. Bedford, G. Ward, F. Day, H. Day, A. Rowell, J Bates, J.W. Turner, H. Wheeler and the two above.
Rowell, G. J. – Gunner, RGA
News reports
12/08/1916 Two of the latest Coates married men to be called up J. Furniss and G. Rowell got into RGA.
26/08/1916 Gunner G. Rowell RGA was in hospital at Dover suffering the effects of inoculation.
03/02/1917 Gunner G. J. Rowell had gone to France and Gunner J. Blunt expected to join him soon.
23/06/1917 Gunner G. French RGA hoped to be home on leave very shortly. He had [seen] Gunner G. Rowell out in France.
News reports
12/08/1916 Two of the latest Coates married men to be called up J. Furniss and G. Rowell got into RGA.
26/08/1916 Gunner G. Rowell RGA was in hospital at Dover suffering the effects of inoculation.
03/02/1917 Gunner G. J. Rowell had gone to France and Gunner J. Blunt expected to join him soon.
23/06/1917 Gunner G. French RGA hoped to be home on leave very shortly. He had [seen] Gunner G. Rowell out in France.
Rowell, Jack - Driver, RFA
News reports
25/08/1917 Driver J. Rowell, RFA, had just been home on six days leave from Hemel Hempstead, where he was stationed. He expected to go abroad very soon.
20/10/1917 A letter from "Somewhere on the Sea" has been received from Driver J. Rowell, RFA, who says that the weather with them is very hot. He was bound for a Mesopotamia base.
08/12/1917 Driver J. Rowell, RFA, writing from Durban (South Africa), said they were having very fine time, and he was keeping quite well.
15/09/1917 Driver J. R. Rowell, RFA, was on his way to India. He left England at the beginning of the week.
Listed on Coates War Memorial
No Find a Grave or CWGC listing has been found for certain although some people think that this may be him:
Find A Grave Memorial# 16079073
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1587735/ROWELL,%20JOHN
I am not so sure because he does not seem to have served in France, at least not until after September 1917
News reports
25/08/1917 Driver J. Rowell, RFA, had just been home on six days leave from Hemel Hempstead, where he was stationed. He expected to go abroad very soon.
20/10/1917 A letter from "Somewhere on the Sea" has been received from Driver J. Rowell, RFA, who says that the weather with them is very hot. He was bound for a Mesopotamia base.
08/12/1917 Driver J. Rowell, RFA, writing from Durban (South Africa), said they were having very fine time, and he was keeping quite well.
15/09/1917 Driver J. R. Rowell, RFA, was on his way to India. He left England at the beginning of the week.
Listed on Coates War Memorial
No Find a Grave or CWGC listing has been found for certain although some people think that this may be him:
Find A Grave Memorial# 16079073
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1587735/ROWELL,%20JOHN
I am not so sure because he does not seem to have served in France, at least not until after September 1917
Rust, George – Corporal 35849 / 24392, 3rd Suffolk Regiment / MGC Transport Section BEF
Suffolks, 04/02/1916, Machine Gun Corps 12/05/1916
Promoted to Lance-Corporal by 21/05/1917
Promoted to Corporal 16/12/1918
Occupation, Horsekeeper. Father, Thomas Rust.
Attested, 03/02/1916. Age 22. Height 5ft 8.25. Chest Girth 34, Expansion 2
Discharged 23/01/1919 Ordered to report to disposal station for demob whilst on leave to UK. 2 years 95 days service in all.
News reports
29/01/1916 The group system is being felt at Coates and several young man had already received papers. Ernest Redhead was off to Felixtowe. The next week G. Rust, A. Dale and D. Bedford were due away.
12/02/1916 Private G. Rust and Private A. Dale who left Coates under the group system last week have been put into the 3rd Suffolk Regiment and are at Felixstowe. Several more Coates boys are there.
11/03/1916 G. Rust was out of hospital but had to attend daily.
13/05/1916 Private G. Rust (3rd Suffolks) arrived home at Coates last Thursday for 5 days leave, he was to return on Monday to Felixstowe but as he had joined the machine gun section he anticipated being moved to Grantham.
27/05/1916 Private G. Rust was in Grantham in the Machine Gun Transport Section.
24/06/1916 Private G. Rust who had been transferred to the Machine Gune Corps had completed his "horse" training and was doing his "wagon" training at Bolton Park.
10/02/1917 Driver G. Rust MGC Transport Section BEF wrote to say he was in good health and would like to hear from some of his old clubmates.
30/06/1917 Lance-Corporal (? as he had yet to be promoted) G. Rust MGC wrote from France to say he saw in the papers sent that some Coates boys had been lucky enough to meet and he wished he had been one of the lucky ones. He sent regards to all Coates friends.
08/07/1916 Private G. Rust MGC had just been home to Coates for final leave before going to the fighting area and so had Private T. Wheatley.
29/07/1916 Driver G. Rust was home at Coates for the weekend. He was busy at the depot breaking in mules.
02/09/1916 Driver G. Rust MGC had a weekend at home.
25/08/1917 Lance-Corporal G. Rust, ASC, attached to the MGC, somewhere in France, wrote to say he was quite well, and has met some of the Coates boys.
29/09/1917 Lance-Corporal G. Rust. A.S.C, was not enjoying the best of health in France. He was suffering from pains in the head, no doubt caused by the rush and strain of the heavy work, etc., out there.
27/10/1917 Corporal T. Rust, who has just returned to France, has been transferred to the Suffolk Regiment. His brother, Lance-Corporal G. Rust, ASC, is still enjoying good health out there, in spite of the heavy strain through which they are now passing.
Suffolks, 04/02/1916, Machine Gun Corps 12/05/1916
Promoted to Lance-Corporal by 21/05/1917
Promoted to Corporal 16/12/1918
Occupation, Horsekeeper. Father, Thomas Rust.
Attested, 03/02/1916. Age 22. Height 5ft 8.25. Chest Girth 34, Expansion 2
Discharged 23/01/1919 Ordered to report to disposal station for demob whilst on leave to UK. 2 years 95 days service in all.
News reports
29/01/1916 The group system is being felt at Coates and several young man had already received papers. Ernest Redhead was off to Felixtowe. The next week G. Rust, A. Dale and D. Bedford were due away.
12/02/1916 Private G. Rust and Private A. Dale who left Coates under the group system last week have been put into the 3rd Suffolk Regiment and are at Felixstowe. Several more Coates boys are there.
11/03/1916 G. Rust was out of hospital but had to attend daily.
13/05/1916 Private G. Rust (3rd Suffolks) arrived home at Coates last Thursday for 5 days leave, he was to return on Monday to Felixstowe but as he had joined the machine gun section he anticipated being moved to Grantham.
27/05/1916 Private G. Rust was in Grantham in the Machine Gun Transport Section.
24/06/1916 Private G. Rust who had been transferred to the Machine Gune Corps had completed his "horse" training and was doing his "wagon" training at Bolton Park.
10/02/1917 Driver G. Rust MGC Transport Section BEF wrote to say he was in good health and would like to hear from some of his old clubmates.
30/06/1917 Lance-Corporal (? as he had yet to be promoted) G. Rust MGC wrote from France to say he saw in the papers sent that some Coates boys had been lucky enough to meet and he wished he had been one of the lucky ones. He sent regards to all Coates friends.
08/07/1916 Private G. Rust MGC had just been home to Coates for final leave before going to the fighting area and so had Private T. Wheatley.
29/07/1916 Driver G. Rust was home at Coates for the weekend. He was busy at the depot breaking in mules.
02/09/1916 Driver G. Rust MGC had a weekend at home.
25/08/1917 Lance-Corporal G. Rust, ASC, attached to the MGC, somewhere in France, wrote to say he was quite well, and has met some of the Coates boys.
29/09/1917 Lance-Corporal G. Rust. A.S.C, was not enjoying the best of health in France. He was suffering from pains in the head, no doubt caused by the rush and strain of the heavy work, etc., out there.
27/10/1917 Corporal T. Rust, who has just returned to France, has been transferred to the Suffolk Regiment. His brother, Lance-Corporal G. Rust, ASC, is still enjoying good health out there, in spite of the heavy strain through which they are now passing.
Rust, T – Corporal, Cambridgeshire Regiment
News reports
23/09/1916 T. Rust had had his first stripe (Cambs).
18/11/1916 Lance-Corporal T. Rust had been in hospital in France with a wounded foot; he had only been in a short time.
02/12/1916 Reported Wounded
17/03/1917 Corporal T. Rust (Cambs) was ill in hospital.
24/03/1917 Reported Wounded
31/03/1917 Corporal T. Rust was in hospital in Boulogne suffering with inflammation in the face.
14/04/1917 Corporal T. Rust (Cambs Regiment) was in 'Blighty' having been moved from Boulogne to Norwich where he was being treated for impetigo.
26/05/1917 Corpl. T. Rust had been home on sick leave, and had gone to Shoreham, where he would meet with several of his late comrades in France, including Sergt. J. T. Cole.
01/09/1917 Corporal T. Rust, Cambs. Regiment, who was invalided from France with impetigo, was now fit and had been home on leave. He anticipated another trip across the channel in the immediate future.
13/10/1917 Corporal T. Rust, Cambs. Regiment, had gone out to France again
27/10/1917 Corporal T. Rust, who had just returned to France, had been transferred to the Suffolk Regiment. His brother. Lance-Corporal G. Rust, ASC, was still enjoying good health out there, in spite of the heavy strain through which they were now passing.
News reports
23/09/1916 T. Rust had had his first stripe (Cambs).
18/11/1916 Lance-Corporal T. Rust had been in hospital in France with a wounded foot; he had only been in a short time.
02/12/1916 Reported Wounded
17/03/1917 Corporal T. Rust (Cambs) was ill in hospital.
24/03/1917 Reported Wounded
31/03/1917 Corporal T. Rust was in hospital in Boulogne suffering with inflammation in the face.
14/04/1917 Corporal T. Rust (Cambs Regiment) was in 'Blighty' having been moved from Boulogne to Norwich where he was being treated for impetigo.
26/05/1917 Corpl. T. Rust had been home on sick leave, and had gone to Shoreham, where he would meet with several of his late comrades in France, including Sergt. J. T. Cole.
01/09/1917 Corporal T. Rust, Cambs. Regiment, who was invalided from France with impetigo, was now fit and had been home on leave. He anticipated another trip across the channel in the immediate future.
13/10/1917 Corporal T. Rust, Cambs. Regiment, had gone out to France again
27/10/1917 Corporal T. Rust, who had just returned to France, had been transferred to the Suffolk Regiment. His brother. Lance-Corporal G. Rust, ASC, was still enjoying good health out there, in spite of the heavy strain through which they were now passing.
Rust, W. – Gunner, RGA
News report
01/12/1917 Gunner W. Rust, RGA., who had just had another short leave at home, was stationed in the Isle of Wight.
News report
01/12/1917 Gunner W. Rust, RGA., who had just had another short leave at home, was stationed in the Isle of Wight.