Here we have this Wonderful publication on CD ROM entitled RUTLAND & THE GREAT WAR, A lasting tribute to a great & noble part.
This record was begun in March 1919, to put into permanent form the Rolls of Honour which had been supplied to every parish by Lord Ranksborough, the Lord Lieutenant, and it is due to him & Mr Corby, the high sheriff, that it has been possible to produce the volume which has now been completed.
CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR GENERAL LORD RANKSBOROUGH C.B., C.V.O LORD LIEUT
BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN EDWARD CORBY ESQ, HIGH SHERIFF OF RUTLAND 1916-19
RUTLAND & THE GREAT WAR "A GENERAL REVIEW" COMPRISING OF, SITUATION OF OF RUTLAND - IT'S CLAIM TO DISTINCTION - THE OUTBREAK OF WAR - THE TERRITORAILS - LEICESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY - THE RESERVISTS - THE REGIMENTS IN WHICH RUTLAND MEN FOUGHT - OUR MEN IN THE NAVY & MERCANTILE MARINE - WHERE OUR MEN FOUGHT AND DIED - OUR MEN IN THE AIR FORCE - RUTLAND MEN FROM THE COLONIES - THE TOLL OF THE WAR ON THE MALE POPULATION - AN ANALYSIS OF EACH PARISH - WHY WE GOT SO LITTLE INFORMATION FROM THE FRONT - THE MEANING OF MODERN WARFARE - THE FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES - THE FINE ACTION OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES - THE 5TH LEICESTERS - MECHANICAL TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES IN MESOPOTOMIA IN 1916 - FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO
VISIT TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BELGIUM
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FALLEN (HERE IS AN EXAMPLE)
POLLARD PTE GEORGE, Son of Mr & Mrs George Pollard of Barrowden, joined in the Grenadier Guards September 28th 1916, and was sent out to France in March the following year. He went through the fighting with the Guards at the third battle of Ypres and was in the attack when they drove their way through Bourlon Wood in spite of a desperate resistance from a German line, including several battalions of Prussian Guards, which resulted in gaining a valuable stretch of the Hindenburg line.
He was killed instantly by shrapnel near the village of Ribecourt, September 28th 1918, and was buried in Hill Cemetery, north west of Flesquires, near Cambrai. Hos C.O writes to his parents: "Your son behaved most gallantly under very trying circumstances"
Further reading;
THE SCOTT FAMILY OF SOLDIER SONS
ROLLS OF FALLEN HEROES & ROLLS OF HONOUR
RUTLAND VOLUNTEER TRANING CORPS
RUTLAND SPECIAL CONSTABLES
RUTLAND A.S.C. MOTOR TRANSPORT
UPPINGHAM SCHOOL WAR RECORD
OAKHAM SCHOOL WAR RECORD
WOMEN'S WORK ON THE LAND
AGRICULTURE & FOOD PRODUCTION
RED CROSS & V.A.D HOSPITAL WORK
PATRIOTIC EFFORTS; THE WAR SAVING CAMPAIGN, QUEEN MARY'S NEEDLEWORK GUILD, NATIONAL EGG COLLECTION
THE RUTLAND WAR PENSIONS COMMITTEE & IT'S WORK
THE COTTESMORE HUNT AND THE WAR
THE KING OF THE BELGIANS' STABLES IN OAKHAM
HONOURS, DISTINCTIONS, AND RECOGNITION OF SERVICES
LOCAL WAR MEMORIALS
ILLUSTRATIONS
LIEUT COL THE HON P.C. EVANS-FREKE, PORTRAIT
MAJOR GENERAL LORD RANKSBOROUGH, C.B. C.V.O.
JOHN EDWARD CORBY ESQ
RUTLAND TROOP "A" SECTION SQUADRON LEICESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY
OAKHAM COMPANY 5TH BATTALION. LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT LEAVING EN ROUTE FOR LOUGHBOROUGH
A SCOUT, THE "SNIPE"
MAP OF THE ALLIED LINE FROM NOYON TO THE COAST
WHERE GHELUVELT USED TO STAND, ON THE ROAD TO MENIN
MENIN GATE; LEAVING YPRES IN THE DIRECTION OF HOOGE AND ZILLEBEKE
ALL THAT IS LEFT OF HOOGE: THE SIGNBOARD
COL C.H. JONES, C.M.G., T.D.
ARMENTIERES
ENTRANCE TO WYTSCHAETE
RUINS OF LOCRE AND ROUGE HILL
KEMMEL HILL
KEMMEL CHURCH AND VILLAGE IN RUINS
THE "PLAINE D'AMOUR" WITH YPRES IN THE DISTANCE, DEVASTATED BY WAR
AMONG THE RUINS AT MESSINES
LE CLYTTE ROAD AND THE MONT ROUGE
LOCRE RAOD AT KEMMEL AND KEMMEL HILL
KEMMEL HILL; PHOTO, FROM THE ROAD TO KEMMEL AT LE CLYTTE
MESSINES ROAD - MESSINES RIDGE
RUINS OF NIEUPORT: DUNKERQUE STREET
FIRST LINE OF BELGIAN TRENCHES
POELCAPPELLE: THE ROAD FROM LANGEMARCK TO DIXMUDE
DESTROYED BRITISH TANK SUNK IN THE MUD AT THE ENTRANCE TO POELCAPPELLE
LANGEMARCK, WITH THE DESTROYED TANK
TANK CEMETERY
BOESINGHE RUINED CHATEAU AND DEVASTED PARK
OBSERVATION PORT
RUINS OF ZONNEBEKE VILLAGE
WHAT WAS ONCE PASSCHENDAELE
THE CLOTH HALL, YPRES - BEFORE THE WAR
THE CLOTH AT YPRES - AFTER THE WAR
RUINS OF ST PETER'S CHURCH, YPRES
ENTRANCE TO YPRES, YPRES CANAL AT BOESINGHE FROM RUE DE DIXMUDE, YPRES
THE "HOSPICE BELLE", RUE DE LILLE, YPRES
THE TEMPLARS, HOUSE IN THE RUE DE LILLE
BATTERIE WILHELM 11, KNOCKE
THE MOLE AT ZEEBRUGGE
BRITISH CEMETERY BEHIND THE PRISON, YPRES
BRITISH CEMETERY JUST OUTSIDE YPRES, ON THE ROAD TO MENIN
BRITISH CEMETERY AT ZILLEBEKE
FRAGMENT OF CEMETERY, CONTAINING 20,000 GRAVES AT BOESCHEPE, ON THE ROAD TO POPERINGHE
BRITISH CEMETERY AT THE ENTRANCE TO PLOEGSTEERT
PORTRAITS OF THE FALLEN
PLATE i ASHWELL, COTTESMORE, BARROW & BURLEY
PLATE ii AYSTON, BELTON AND RIDLINGTON
PLATE iii BISBROOK, GLASTON, MORCOTT AND PILTON
PLATE iv BRAUNSTON, BROOKE, EGLETON AND HAMBLETON
PLATE v CALDECOTT, LYDDINGTON, SEATON AND THORPE
PLATE vi GREAT AND LITTLE CASTERTON, PICKWORTH AND TICKENCOTE
PLATE vii EDITHWESTON, EMPINGHAM AND NORMANTON
PLATE viii EXTON AND WHITWELL
PLATE ix KETTON
PLATE x KETTON, TINWELL AND TIXOVER
PLATE xi LANGHAM AND BARLEYTHORPE
PLATE xii NORTH AND SOUTH LUFFENHAM AND BARROWDEN
PLATE xiii LYNDON, MANTON, PRESTON AND WING
PLATE xiv MARKET OVERTON, GREETHAM, CLIPSHAM. STRETTON AND THISTLETON
PLATE xv OAKHAM
PLATE xvi OAKHAM
PLATE xvii OAKHAM
PLATE xviii OAKHAM
PLATE xix OAKHAM
PLATE xx RYHALL, ESSENDINE AND BELMISTHORPE
PLATE xixa OAKHAM, GREAT CASTERTON, RYHALL, WING, BARLEYTHORPE, WHISSENDINE AND KETTON
PLATE xxi UPPINGHAM
PLATE xxii UPPINGHAM
PLATE xxiii UPPINGHAM, HAMBLETON, MARKET OVERTON, WHISSENDINE AND NORTH LUFFENHAM
PLATE xxiv WHISSENDINE
THE SCOTT FAMILY OF SOLDIER SONS
BRITISH CEMETERY ON THE PLOEGSTEERT ROAD AT MESSINES
ASHWELL CHURCH
AYSTON CHURCH
BARLEYTHORPE VILLAGE
BARROW CHURCH
BARROWDEN CHURCH
BELTON CHURCH
BISBROOKE CHURCH
BRAUNSTON CHURCH
BROOKE CHURCH
BURLEY ON THE HILL CHURCH
CALDECOTT CHURCH
GREAT CASTERTON CHURCH
LITTLE CASTERTON CHURCH
CLIPSHAM CHURCH
COTTESMORE CHURCH
EDITHWESTON CHURCH
EGLETON CHURCH
EMPINGHAM CHURCH
ESSENDINE CHURCH
EXTON CHURCH
GLASTON CHURCH
GREETHAM CHURCH
HAMBLETON CHURCH
KETTON CHURCH
LANGHAM CHURCH
NORTH LUFFENHAM CHURCH
SOUTH LUFFENHAM CHURCH
LYDDINGTON CHURCH
LYNDON CHURCH
MANTON CHURCH
MARKET OVERTON CHURCH
MORCOTT CHURCH
NORMANTON CHURCH
OAKHAM CHURCH (INTERIOR)
OAKHAM CHURCH
OAKHAM CHURCH AND CASTLE
PICKWORTH CHURCH
PILTON CHURCH
PRESTON CHURCH
RIDLINGTON CHURCH
RYHALL AND BELMISTHORPE CHURCH
SEATON CHURCH
STOKE DRY CHURCH
STRETTON CHURCH
TEIGH CHURCH
THISTLETON CHURCH
THORPE BY WATER VILLAGE
TICKENCOTE CHURCH (INTERIOR)
TINWELL CHURCH
TIXOVER CHURCH
UPPINGHAM CHURCH
UPPINGHAM SCHOOL CHAPEL
WARDLEY CHURCH
WHISSENDINE CHURCH
WHITWELL CHURCH
WING CHURCH
OFFICERS OF THE 1ST BATTALION. RUTLAND VOLUNTEER REGIMENT
OAKHAM VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS 1915
RUTLAND VOLUNTEERS "B" COMPANY
RUTLAND VOLUNTEERS "C" COMPANY
RUTLAND VOLUNTEERS "D" COMPANY
INSPECTION BY FIELD MARSHALL LORD FRENCH OF THE RUTLAND VOLUNTEERS AND SPECIAL CONSTABLES
INSPECTION BY FIELD MARSHALL LORD FRENCH OF THE RUTLAND A.S.C. MOTOR TRANSPORT
UPPINGHAM SCHOOL CHAPEL
UPPINGHAM SCHOOL O.T.C. INSPECTED BY FIELD MARSHAL LORD FRENCH
UPPINGHAM SCHOOL METAL WORKSHOP
OAKHAM SCHOOL HOUSE
OAKHAM SCHOOL O.T.C. INSPECTED BY FIELD MARSHAL LORD FRENCH
MISS SYLVIA BROCKLEBANK
THE COTTESMORE HUNT KENNELS, OAKHAM TRAINING CENTRE
MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY
AT THE WOMEN'S LEGION AGRICULTURAL COMPETITION AT SPRINGFIELD, OAKHAM
FRUIT BOTTLING (AGRICULTURAL SECTION)
WOMEN'S LEGION ARGICULTURAL COMPETITION AT SPRINGFIELD (GROUP)
COL JOHN GRETTON M.P.
THE "VICTORY" HORSE SHOW, OAKHAM
NURSES INSPECTION AT BURLEY ON THE HILL
THE HON. MRS GRETTON
UPPINGHAM V.A.D. HOSPITAL
HAMBLETON HALL HOSPITAL (GROUP)
BURLEY HALL
HOSPITAL GROUP AT MRS BLACKETT'S, MANTON
STAPLEFORD HALL
MEMBERS OF THE RUTLAND V.A.D. DETACHMENT WORKING IN GRAYINGWELL WAR HOSPITAL, CHICHESTER.
MR E.E. WALKER
MR B.A. ADAM
MR GEORGE PHILLIPS
LORD LONSDALE
"VICTORY" MEET, OAKHAM
KING OF THE BELGIANS' ROYAL CARRIAGE
MAJOR QUINAUX
For anyone with Rutland ancestors who served in WW1 this CD Rom is an absolute gem !
