The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Rodda

Photograph by - "Claude Laignel"

Private Raymond RODDA, 204631, 3rd/4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 3540, R.E.K.M.R.), died at No.19. Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 17th September 1917, of wounds, received the previous day.

Born 25th November 1897, Acton, London, Middlesex, son of *John James Rodda & Charlotte Ann Rodda (daughter of James Brown), of Redcliff Terrace, Bollo Lane, Acton, W.

*1897, March, died age 56, Brentford Registration District.

1901 Census - 1 Myrtle Villas, Staines Road, Hounslow, Middlesex - **Charlotte A Rodda, head, widow, age 44, born Acton, Middlesex; William A Rodda, son, single, age 15, born Wandsworth; Jane Rodda, daughter, single, age 13, born Croydon, Surrey; Raymond Rodda, son, single, age 3, born Acton, Middlesex; Henry Cox, boarder, married, age 40, bricklayer, worker, born Isleworth, Middlesex.

**1903 June, died age 46, Brentford Registration District.

1911 Census - No.1. Acacia Lane, West End, Harlington, Hounslow, Middlesex - Mr Albert Smith, head, age 22, married, farmers son, employed, worker, born Acton, Middlesex; Mrs Jane Smith, wife, age 22, married 1 year, 1 child, born Croydon; Albert Smith, son, age 8 months, born Harlington, Middlesex; Raymond Rodda, relative, age 13, school, born Acton, Middlesex.

Educated Church School, Harlington, Middlesex.

Enlisted Hounslow, Middlesex. Resided Harlington, Middlesex. Formerly coppersmith at Gramophone Works, Hayes.

1st September 1916, enlisted; 1st June 1917, posted BEF.

Sister & Sole Legatee, Jane Smith.

Buried at Duisans British Cemetery, 6. A. 35., Etrun, France.

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