Private Bertie Renshaw Rawding, 41058
- Batt - 1/5
- Unit - South Staffordshire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1898
- Died - 03/10/1918
- Age - 20
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of William Renshaw Rawding, a farm wagoner, born 1862 in Bracebridge, Lincs., and his wife Mary Annie Rawding (nee Jackson, married in the 4th quarter of 1889 in the Oakham, Rutland district), born 1867 in Langtoft, Lincs. Bertie Renshaw, a schoolboy, was born in the 2nd quarter of 1898 in Burley, Rutland, his siblings were, Thomas William, a domestic gardener, born in the 1st quarter of 1895 in Great Casterton, Rutland, Harry, a farm worker, born 1897 in Burley, Rutland, Edith, a schoolgirl, born 1905 in Ashwell, Rutland and Elsie, born 1909 in Edmondthrope, Leics., in April 1911 the family home was at Edomondthorpe Lodge, Edmondthorpe, Leics. His elder brother Thomas died by drowning in a swimming accident.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. The following information was submitted to the project in 2015 by M Drage, granddaughter of Annie Rawding: "Bertie Renshaw Rawding had an elder sister Annie Mary Elizabeth Rawding born 1892."
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Place - A 35, Montbrehain British Cemetery
- Unit - South Staffordshire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Montbrehain British Cem., France
- Born - Burley, Rutland
- Enlisted - Scunthorpe, Lincs
- Place of Residence - Edmondthorpe Lodge, Teigh, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. MICHAEL'S CHYRD. MEM., EDMONDTHORPE, LEICS
