South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War in Which Died | WW1 Campaign Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Marfaux British Cemetery |
| First Arrived in a War Theatre | Bravery & Conduct Medals | Warwickshire War Memorials |
| 24 Apr 1915 in France | Croix de Guerre with Palm (France) | Leamington No Known Memorial |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Died | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| German Spring Offensive | 1915 in | Charterhouse School Memorial |
| All Saints, Gresford, Wrexham | ||
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | St Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst, Kent |
| near Jonehery-sur-Vesle | ~ | New College, Oxford War Memorial |
Circumstances of Death
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Ralph is listed as being killed on 29th May 1918 and was orginally buried in a battlefield grave at Jonehery-sur-Vesle (Burial Record) before his remains were moved to Marfaux on or about 14 Jan 1920. The following biography was found on the Find a Grave website. Ralph Bonfoy Rooper the second son of Mr and Mrs P.L Rooper, Little Court Speldhurst was born at Chester, July 3rd 1894. He was educated at Charterhouse and New College Oxford, where he was an Undergraduate and a Scholar of his College at the time of the declaration of War. In April 1915 he joined the “Friends Ambulance Unit” and served as Motor Ambulance Driver with that body and with the Scottish Branch of the Croix Rouge Francaise in the years 1915, 1917 and 1918. Edit: He first entered France on 24 Apr 1915 [Medal Card] He was rejected for the Army on account of his health and served for some time in 1916 in the Ministry of Munitions and the Admiralty. He went out again to France in May 1917 and was present at various actions near Poperinghe, Ypres, Soissons and Rheims. He was killed at Gueux near Rheims on May 29th 1918 while acting as Conducteur SSA of the Croix Rouge Francaise. He was awarded the “Croix de Geurre avec Palme” and is buried at Marvaux near Rheims. Commander, French Red Cross Society. Age: 23. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 3 Jul 1894 in Chester | 29 May 1918 at St Mary's Curzon Park, Chester |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Percy Lens and Alice Nancy Rooper | Little Court, Speldhurst, Kent |
| Grandparents | Former Abodes |
| John and Charlotte Eliza Mary Nethercote | 22, Clarendon Square, Leamington |
| Binwood, Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington | |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Charterhouse School 1908 to 1912 | New College, Oxford 1912 - 1914 |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1894 - 3 Sandown Terrace, Chester | 1911 - Pupil at Charterhouse School |
| 1901 - 3 Sandown Terrace, Chester | 1914 - Student at New College, Oxford |
| 1911 - Sanatorium, Paperharow Road, Godalming | |
| 1914 - New College, Oxford | |
| 1918 - Little Court, Speldhurst, Kent | |
Ralph's links to Leamington are via grandparents and a paternal uncle.
Nephew of George Maximillian ROOPER who resided in Leamington and was also married in Leamington.
