BORN BROUGH 1885. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM RANDS (1856-1934) & JANE ANN HARRISON (1856-1921). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE MARRIED AT GOXHILL, LINCS, IN 1907. HIS WIFE, ANNIE ELIZABETH CLARKSON (1881-1959) LIVED AT WELL LANE, WILLERBY, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GRAVEL PIT CARTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, 22ND LABOUR CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 22ND CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 16/01/1918, AGED 33. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW. AWARDED 33 SHILLINGS & NINE PENCE WAR PENSION, ON 05/08/1918.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRKELLA WAR MEMORIAL AT ST ANDREWS’ CHURCH.