Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookh./16894, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RUCK, JOHN EGERTON=, Major, 1st, attd. 7th (Service), Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., only _s._ of the late Egerton Wynder Ruck, of Mayfield, Cheam, by his wife, Margaret Bradshaw, dau. of John Bradshaw Wanklyn; _b._ Cheam, co. Surrey, 12 Jan. 1874; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt., 21 Oct. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 5 Oct. 1897; Capt. 25 Oct. 1903, and Major 17 Feb. 1915; was Adjutant of the Regt., 17 Dec. 1901 to 16 Dec. 1904; and of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon; also of the Militia and Special Reserve, 16 Nov. 1906 to 15 Nov. 1911; served (1) in the South African War, 1899-1900; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard's Kop, and in the defence of Ladysmith (Queen's medal with clasp); and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 11 July, 1915, to 8 Aug. following, on which latter date he was killed in action near Anzac Bay. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 11 May, 1905, Eleanor Fanny (14, Henleaze Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol), dau. of the late Major Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell Innes, 60th Rifles, and had two children: Gordon Alexander Egerton, _b._ 31 Aug. 1906; and Patricia Louisa Egerton, _b._ 5 Feb. 1912. [Illustration: =John Egerton Ruck.=] =RUDD, ALEXANDER RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6654), 222193 H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RUDD, FREDERICK THOMAS=, A.B. Seaman, No. 5635A, Royal Navy, _s._ of Frederick James Rudd, of 36, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Howlett, of Pulham Market, Norfolk; _b._ Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 14 Jan. 1897; educ. Yarmouth Road School, Oulton Broad; joined the Navy 9 Feb. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RUDDERHAM, EDWIN ROBERT=, Boy, Servant, L. 4251, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RUDDERHAM, SIDNEY W.=, Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator, 1st Class, R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RUDDICK, JAMES JOHN (WILLIAMS, J. J.)=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9436), S.S. 106664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RUDDOCK, HAROLD EDWY COLSTON=, Lieut., 28th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 4th and youngest _s._ of the late Montague Greville Ruddock, of the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Franklin Hay, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Ruddock, of Westbury, Somerset; _b._ Richmond, Surrey, 29 Dec. 1885; was some years in the 13th Kensingtons and London Scottish, and on going to Australia was given a commission in 88th Infantry Battn. Commonwealth Military Defence Forces in 1912; offered his services shortly after war was declared, and was promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1915, and attached to 28th Battn. Australian Infantry. He contracted pneumonia while on active service in Gallipoli and died 22 Nov. 1915, in hospital at Alexandria, and was buried in the Chatby Cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Anne's, Kew Green, Surrey, 29 June, 1909, Constance Mary, dau. of Henry Howard Aldous, Kew Green, Surrey, and had two children: Henry Edward, _b._ 13 May, 1910; and Alice Mary, _b._ 22 March, 1914. [Illustration: =Harold E. C. Ruddock.=] =RUDKIN, WILFRED GEORGE=, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M. 1327, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RUDMAN, HARRY STANLEY=, Trooper, No. 7/1137, 8th Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late Albert Rudman, of Salford, Manchester, by his wife, Florence (135, Blackfriars Road, Salford), dau. of the late George Newman, of Bath; _b._ Salford, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. North-Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, Durham, and the Royal Technical Institute, Salford; went to New Zealand in 1912, and settled at Stonyhurst, Christchurch. New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in June; went to the Dardanelles about 5 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action at Waterfall Gully, there, 18 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Regimental Burial Ground at Walker's Ridge the following day. [Illustration: =Harry Stanley Rudman.=] =RUEGG, KENNETH STANES=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg, B.A., Rector of Wetherden, Stowmarket, by his wife, Alice Sophia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bianchi, of Dovercot House, Long Clawson, and London, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; _b._ Llanvair-Kilgeddin, near Abergavenny, 8 June, 1890; educ. privately; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters in 1910; was given a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action 20 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._ =RUGG, EDWARD ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3253), S.S. 791, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =RUMBLES, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 223110, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =RUNCORN, THOMAS JAMES=, Private, No. 5804, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Robert James Runcorn, of 19, River Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Hampton; _b._ Tamworth, 2 June. 1887; educ. there; joined the Army about 1907; went to the Front, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ =RUSH, SYDNEY WALTER=, Rifleman, No. 1422, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Walter Rush, of 27 and 29, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, W., Draper and Ladies' Outfitter, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of J. R. Collender, of Bow; _b._ Paddington, London, W., 21 Sept. 1890; educ. Mathematical School, Rochester; was a partner in his father's business; joined The Rangers in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec., and was killed in action at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried behind the trenches near the Menin Cemetery. His Capt. wrote expressing great regret at his loss, adding how devoted he was to his duty, and what a wonderful capacity he had for sticking it. [Illustration: =Sydney Walter Rush.=] =RUSSELL, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5554), 302354. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =RUSSELL, FRANCIS=, Leading Seaman, 193098, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =RUSSELL, FRANK=, Mechanician, 284204, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =RUSSELL, HENRY=, Plumber, 344095, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 191 |