BORN 1891. ONLY SON OF ELEANOR RANSOM, OF THORPE HAMLET, NORWICH. NEPHEW OF COLONEL RANSOM OF 88 SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. SERVED IN EGYPT & FRANCE. WAS ACTING CAPTAIN IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 21/07/1916, AGED 24. BURIED AT MERVILL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR.
First name:
RICHARD EDWARD
Regiment:
Rank:
Captain
Date Died
21/07/1916
Place died:
Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
24
88 , SPRING BANK WEST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
