BORN BEDFORD 31/03/1890. NEPHEW OF MRS ELEANOR K. KINGSTON, OF 40 GLOUCESTER ROAD, TOTTENHAM, NORTH LONDON (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED AT ST PANCRAS, LONDON – 1914. A SERGEANT IN THE 6TH DUKE OF CORNWALL’S LIGHT INFANTRY. HE SERVED IN FRANCE FROM AUGUST 1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/09/1915, AGED 25. HE LIVED IN HULL. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM AT BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.
HIS PHOTO IN IN THE DE RUVIGNY’S RROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 5.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO PARENTS JAMES & MARY ANN FINDLAY, WARDENS AT HULL PRISON. THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO AUNT, MRS ELEANOR KINGSTON, 40 GLOUCESTER ROAD, SOUTH TOTTENHAM, LONDON
First name:
ROLAND HENRY
Military Number:
11876
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
22/09/1915
Place died:
Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
HULL PRISON COTTAGE, HEDON ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
