Colin – Rice – North British Railway – Private – 24/03/1918

Title

Colin – Rice – North British Railway – Private – 24/03/1918

Initials / forenames

Colin

Surname

Rice

Railway company

North British Railway

Military unit

9th Battalion Royal Scots

Military rank

Private

Military number

352442

Railway department

Leith

Railway job

Goods Porter

Date died

24/03/1918

Memorial

Pozieres Memorial

Notes

According to the census, Colin Rice was aged 30 in 1911 and living at 14 Springfield Street in Leith with his father, mother, sister Jane and his nephew John Ford. Rice's father worked as an iron moulder, his sister was a machinist for a waterproofs factory and Colin worked as a goods porter at the railway station. In September 1919 he was listed as missing presumed dead.

Information source

Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Inofrmation provided by Neill Gilhooley (private researcher)

Date entered

20/09/2017

Last updated

03/11/2015

Citation

“Colin – Rice – North British Railway – Private – 24/03/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/41855.