Worcestershire Regiment - Mentions in Despatches (MiD)

Surnames starting with R

The list below show all ranks of the Worcestershire Regiment who were Mentioned in Despatches and were recorded in the London Gazette.

 

Boer War

Surname

Forename/s

Number

Rank

Gazette (Date)

Theatre of War

Batt.

Ralston

James

-

Q.M. Capt.

10/09/1901

South Africa

2nd

Richards

Bernard Ogilvie

-

Capt.

10/09/1901

South Africa

M.I.

Reynalds

H. C.

2921

Sgt.

10/09/1901

South Africa

 

Ralph

G.

4566

Drummer

10/09/1901

South Africa

 

Ralston

James

-

Q.M. Capt.

29/07/1902

South Africa

2nd

 

First World War

Surname

Forename/s

Number

Rank

Gazette (Date)

Theatre of War

Batt.

Rainey-Robinson

Robert Maximilian

 

Col.

06/12/1916

Salonika

-

Ralston

Charles Hargreaves

 

2/Lt.

17/02/1915

France & Flanders

-

Ralston

Charles Hargreaves

 

Capt.& Adjt.

01/01/1916

France & Flanders

-

Ratciff

George

38058

A/Sgt

21/02/1919

Mesopotamia

-

Ray

Archibald Douglas Hussey

 

Capt.

05/08/1915

Gallipoli

4th

Raybould

John H.

37903

Pte.

12/01/1920

Mesopotamia

-

Rayer

John Ernest

 

2/Lt.

18/12/1917

France & Flanders

1/8th

Reakes

Reginald R.

2773

A/Sgt.

04/01/1917

France & Flanders

-

Reeves

Stephen

27710

Pte.

22/05/1917

France & Flanders

-

Robbins

Charles David

10982

Pte.

17/02/1915

France & Flanders

-

Robbins

Charles A.

9238

C.Q.M.S.

27/08/1918

Mesopotamia

-

Roberts

Arthur William

 

T/Capt.

04/01/1917

France & Flanders

29th Div

Roberts

Frank Crowther

 

Lt.

17/02/1915

France & Flanders

1st

Roberts

Frank Crowther

 

Capt. & Adjt.

15/06/1916

France & Flanders

-

Roberts

Frank Crowther

 

Capt. & Adjt.

11/12/1917

France & Flanders

-

Roberts, V.C.

Frank Crowther

 

A/Lt.-Col.

23/05/1918

France & Flanders

-

Roberts, V.C.

Frank Crowther

 

A/Lt.-Col.

28/12/1918

France & Flanders

-

Roberts, V.C.

Frank Crowther

 

A/Lt.-Col.

09/07/1919

France & Flanders

-

Roberts

William J.

5833

Cpl.

01/01/1916

France & Flanders

-

Robinson, V.C.

William Leefe

 

2/Lt.

25/01/1917

England

att.R.F.C.

Roden

Harry

21211

Pte.

04/01/1917

France & Flanders

-

Rose

Richard Aubrey de Burgh

 

T/Lt.-Col.

31/05/1916

West Africa

-

Rose

Richard Aubrey de Burgh

 

Col.

16/12/1918

West Africa

-

Rose

Richard Aubrey de Burgh

 

T/Brig.-Gen.

31/01/1919

West Africa

-

Rose

Richard Aubrey de Burgh

 

T/Brig.-Gen.

20/10/1920

East Africa

-

Round

William George

 

2/Lt.

18/12/1917

France & Flanders

-

Rouse

Albert Charles

 

2/Lt.

15/06/1916

France & Flanders

-

Rowden

Cuthbert Roger

 

T/Capt.

25/09/1916

France & Flanders

-

Rowe

Alfred Vernon

 

A/Major

09/07/1919

France & Flanders

8th

Rowe

Donald N.

 

T/Capt.

22/05/1917

France & Flanders

-

Royals

Frederick H. S.

200569

L/Cpl.

22/05/1917

France & Flanders

1/7th

Ryan Bell

Hugh Randolph

 

2/Lt.

18/12/1917

France & Flanders

-

 

Second World War

Surname

Forename/s

Number

Rank

Gazette (Date)

Theatre of War

Batt.

Redley

L.

5258543

Pte.

13/01/1944

Middle East

-

Reeve

A.

5254187

L./Cpl.

13/01/1944

Middle East

-

Reynolds

P. R.

5251852

Sergt.

06/04/1944

Middle East

-

Robinson

R. S.

873902

Pte.

19/09/1946

Burma

-

Rudge

T.

5257390

L./Cpl.

23/05/1946

Italy

-

Rudge, M.C., M.M.

Leonard Merrick

48171

Capt.

20/12/1940

France and Belgium

-

Note: Captain L. M. Rudge was with The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) when he was mentioned-in-despatches. He served as a Sergeant with the 2nd and 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards in the 1914-18 War and awarded the Military Medal in 1916 (L.G. 03/06/1916). He was commissioned in to the Worcestershire Regiment and on the 04/06/1917 was appointed Adjutant in the 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. In 1919 he was attached to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and won the Military Cross (L.G. 03/06/1919). In 1939 (24/08/1939) he was recalled for war service (rank of Captain) and rejoined the Worcestershire Regiment and appointed Adjutant (07/11/1939). In 1940 he was then attached to the The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and in 1942 with the Royal Artillery Regiment. On the 17th September 1945 he retired from the army and given the honorary rank of Major.

 

Malaya 1950-1953

Surname

Forename/s

Number

Rank

Gazette (Date)

Theatre of War

Batt.

Ricketts, D.S.O.

Jack Dillon

66129

Major

01/05/1953

Malaya

1st

Rowley

John Anthony

14191689

A/Sgt.

19/10/1951

Malaya

1st

Note: Sgt. J. A. Rowley was killed in action (22/02/1951), age 22, the award was posthumous.

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