ROLPH Reginald Private 35917

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Surname: ROLPH;

Forename(s): Reginald;

Initials: R;

Number: 35917;

Rank: Private;

Enlisted in: Cambridge;

Enlistment Date: 24-Nov-1915;

Resided in: Cambridge;

Previous Number: 9885;

Previous Battalion: 9 of;

Previous Regiment: E Kent Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 13-May-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 96 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 106 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 35 Bn;

Date abroad: 19-Jul-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

Discharge Date: 03-Mar-1919;

Awarded: MM;

Gallantry Notes: Cambridge Independent Press 24/5/1918: "for carrying an important message through a heavy enemy barrage";

Other Data: b 1894
WO363(FMP)
company runner & barber
55 Beech Rd, Cambridge
report: Cambridge Daily News 06 May 1918 & Cambridge Independent Press 10 May 1918;

Other Notes: MM: LG 12/6/1918;

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