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
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Bushey (now in RMS for Girls, 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
