Will O'Brien Posted 10 December , 2004 Share Posted 10 December , 2004 As per CWGC Name: KITE, RALPH BERTRAM Initials: R B Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Captain Regiment: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 10/12/1916 Awards: MC Additional information: Son of Joseph Bertram and Edith Eliza Kite, of Billingford Rectory, Elmham, Norfolk. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot 2. Row O. Grave 7. Cemetery: LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 10 December , 2004 Author Share Posted 10 December , 2004 & the cemetery info Cemetery: LE TREPORT MILITARY CEMETERY Country: France Locality: Seine-Maritime Location Information: Le Treport is a coastal town approximately 30 kilometres north-east of Dieppe. The Military Cemetery lies to the south of the town next to the town's Communal Cemetery on the D940. Historical Information: During the First World War, Le Treport was an important hospital centre. No 3 General Hospital was established there in November 1914, No 16 General Hospital in February 1915, No 2 Canadian General Hospital in March 1915, No 3 Convalescent Depot in June 1915 and Lady Murray's BRCS Hospital in July 1916. These hospitals contained nearly 10,000 beds. No 47 General Hospital arrived in March 1917 and later that year, a divisional rest camp and a tank training depot were established in the neighbourhood. By March 1919, the hospitals had been closed and Le Treport became the headquarters of the 68th Division, which re-formed there before going to the Rhine. The divisional supply depot was closed in June 1919. There are now 445 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery. Three of the four Second World War burials are unidentified. The cemetery, one of the first three Commission cemeteries to be built after the First World war, was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. No. of Identified Casualties: 449 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 10 December , 2004 Author Share Posted 10 December , 2004 Ralph Kite's online MIC index entry can be seen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 10 December , 2004 Share Posted 10 December , 2004 ODGW He is listed as 3rd battalion attached to 2nd Battalion Died of Wounds He was born in Mitford area, Norfolk 1895 His parents were married in Halstead Essex in 1892 and his mother was Edith Corrie before marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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