Name
Ronald Ewart Hubbard
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/05/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
56964
Lancashire Fusiliers
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA (SUTTON ROAD) CEMETERY
E. 3319/20.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Caldicott School Memorial, Hitchin*1
Pre War
He was born on the 16th July 1899 at Tulsa Hill in Surrey and was the son of Charlton and Eliza Frances Mary Hubbard of 7, St Mary's Ave, Church End, Finchley in Middlesex. The family either had several homes or they moved fairly frequently, as another address given for him is 3a, Bloomsbury Square, London W.C.1. and the School Registers mention two further addresses. He entered the School in September 1910 and left in July 1913 to go to Mill Hill.
Wartime Service
He enlisted at Mill Hill probably in 1917 and was given the Regimental Number 56964 in the 10th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers which was part of the 52nd Brigade in the 17th Division of V Corps of the 3rd Army. The Division was involved in fighting late in March 1918 in the Battles of St Quentin and Bapaume during the great German offensive on the Somme.
He was wounded and returned to England. He succumbed to the wounds and was buried at Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend-on-Sea.
Additional Information
His name may appear as R B Hubbard on the school memorial. *1 This memorial (names only) was removed to Caldicott School, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, when the school moved to that site.
Acknowledgments
Terry Ransome, www.caldicott.com/HistoryWW2.aspx, Jonty Wild
