Name
Harvey Ranby
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/08/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Suffolk Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 4.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 29 Aug 1893 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire son of James Holmes Ranby. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1904-08 he became a wholesale textile agent.
Wartime Service
He joined the London Rifle Brigade Territorial Force, Private 9733 before WW1 and was called up on the outbreak of war and entered France on 4 Nov 1914. He obtained his commission on 24 Oct 1915, was wounded in Apr 1916 and was made Lieutenant on 4 Dec 1916 in the 7th Suffolks. He took part in a successful raid on the enemy trenches and was reported missing, presumed killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
