Military Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

Ralph Royle WW1 records please?

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Nala

Nala Report 18 Nov 2016 13:01

I am doing some research on an Alice Tolley and I have found she was married to Ralph Royle who was born circa 1893 in Cheshire.

I have been told that he is commemorated on the walls of the Menin Gate in Ypres.

Does anyone have or can help me with info on this brave gentleman.

Oh! I am also told that his Army No was 3386.

Thanks Nala.

Flip

Flip Report 18 Nov 2016 13:50

PrivateService No:3386Date of Death:09/08/1915Age:22Regiment/Service:Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Bn. Panel Reference:Panel 39 and 41.Memorial:YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIALAdditional Information:Son of Elizabeth Royle, of 2, North Rd., Ilkeston, Derbyshire; husband of the late Alice Royle.

Taken from this site:
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/920981/ROYLE,%20RALPH

So Alice had also died

Researching:
Anything & everything!

Nala

Nala Report 18 Nov 2016 13:59

Hello Flip,

Thanks for your Info. Sets me off on other tracks noe.

Just found a great "Post Em" on Free BMD which was really helpful'

Would like to find out more about Ralph now.

Nala.

Flip

Flip Report 18 Nov 2016 14:15

Quite sad, I've just read that postem. Looks like the baby (Alice) survived for a while and died in the March quarter. Also looks like they had another daughter Mary Elizabeth whose birth and possible death were both registered in the first quarter of 1914.

Maybe someone with an ancestry sub will be able to locate the military records referred to.

Researching:
Anything & everything!

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 18 Nov 2016 14:24

British Army Service Records

First name(s) Ralph
Last name Royle
Age 18
Birth year 1893
Birth town Chester
Birth county Cheshire
Service number 3386
Regiment Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)
Unit / Battalion 3rd Reserve Battalion
Year 1911
Residence county Cheshire
Series WO 363
Series description WO 363 - First World War service records 'burnt documents'

Trade: Miner
Married: Alice Tolley at Ilkeston Derbyshire
Medals: 14 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Next of Kin:
Guardian of child Mrs J W Jameson 19 Market Street
Father: Ralph Royle (30 Oxford St.)
Mother: ELizabeth
Brother: Thomas, Harry
Sister: Lily
-----------------------------

Names and addresses of deceased soldier Ralph Royle:
Widow: Alice Royle (deceased)
Father: Deceased
Mother: Elizabeth- 7 Lower Granby Street, Ilkeston
Brother: William Royle 23- Pim??? Ilkeston
Brother: Harry Dean Thomas Royle 27- 83 ?worth Road, Ilkeston
Sister: Lily ?raw 22, married, 25 Lower Granby Street
Sister: Sarah A Royle 19
Sister: Emily Royle 15
-------------------------------------

Death cert of Alice Royle:
Died: 16th September 1914
Address: 13 Evans Row, Ilkeston
Age: 21 years
Wife of Ralph Royle, Private 3rd Battalion Sherwood Forresters 3386 (coal miner loader)
Cause of death: Child birth 5 days Peritonitis

Nala

Nala Report 18 Nov 2016 14:34

Excellent Austin and Flip.

Great information. Lots to find out and do now. Nala.