RAGNALL
Dunham on Trent with Ragnall War Memorial, Nottinghamshire.
Lest we forget
To the glory of God and in grateful memory of the men of Ragnall who fell in the Great War 1914- 1918.
Private 14861 Charles Frederick COULING. D Coy, 7th Lincolnshire Regiment killed in action 15th February 1916 aged 23. Born at Kelby Lincolnshire to Frederick and Mary Ann Couling, of Risby, Tealby, Lincolnshire. His father was granted a war gratuity on the 14 June 1916 revised 23 August 1919. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
Private 18482 John GOODMAN. B Coy, 1st Lincolnshire Regiment killed in action 31 January 1916 aged 18. Born at Ragnall, Nottinghamshire to Thomas Henry and Mary Jane Goodman, nee Gilbert of Ragnall, Newark, Nottinghamshire. His mother was granted a war gratuity on the 13 April 1916 revised 21 August 1919.
At rest in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Nord France.
Private 21443 Sidney ROE. 2 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) died 25 December 1915 aged 22. Son of Robert and Martha Ann Roe of Ragnall, Newark, Nottinghamshire. His mother was granted a war gratuity 25 February 1916 revised 6 August 1919.
At rest in White House Cemetery, St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Belgium.
Lance Corporal 18788 Charles Henry HAYES. 7 Lincolnshire Regiment Born in Boston, Lincolnshire and resided at Ragnall, Nottinghamshire. Killed in action 3 November 1916. In 1891 aged 2 years he was living at 12 Marks at 12 St Marks Lane , St Marks, Lincoln with his parents, George and Phoebe. His father was granted a war gratuity 13 February 1917 revised 7 November 1912.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Trooper 2865, George (Ranji) WILSON. , 1/3rd Lincolnshire Yeomanry, died 23 October 1917 aged 19. Born in 1898 at Cardiff, Glamorgan to Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Ann Wilson, nee Styles. In 1911 he is living father, remarried, and step mother at 159 Clare Road, Cardiff.
He is at rest in St Oswald Churchyard, Ragnall, Nottinghamshire.
Not listed with the CWGC. His medal card shows he enlisted 26 October 1915 and discharged Para 392 (XVI) Kings Regulation on the 26 September 1916. Rank Private 2865, Lincolnshire Yeomanry.
Their name liveth for evermore.
