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.