Rands, Robert John

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.


First name:
ROBERT JOHN
Military Number:
31429
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/01/1918
Place died:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
33
WELL LANE, WILLERBY, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK