Richard ROSSALL

Main CPGW Record

Surname: ROSSALL

Forename(s): Richard

Place of Birth: Pudsey, Yorkshire

Service No: 12455

Rank: Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion

Division: 17th (Northern) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-07-07

Awards: D.C.M.

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6A and 6B.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Richard Rossall (born 10 November 1895) was the son of Richard and Louisa Rossall, née Walker. Richard senior was born at Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire and Louisa at Dorking, Kent.

1901 Torrisholme, Lancashire Census: 18, Buxton Street - Richard Rossall, aged 5 years, born Pudsey, Yorkshire, son of Richard and Louisa Rossall.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 9, Marton Street - Richard Rossall, aged 15 Years, born Pudsey, Yorkshire, son of Louisa and [stepson of] Samuel Ashton.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Richard Rossall, 12455, West Riding Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: 1 - France. Date of entry therein: 15 July 1915.

Richard is commemorated on the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby. Prior to enlisting in the army, Richard was employed at Skipton, Yorkshire.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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