Private 46453 John Rice
Regiment/Unit: Leicestershire Regiment - 11th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 179657, R.E.
Age at death: 41
Date of death: 22nd of March 1918
Born: Glasgow, Lanarks
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Arras Memorial - Bay 5.
BMD details:
Marriage: 4th Qtr 1900 John Rice to Florence Casey at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1201.
Census details:
1881 - 4 years old John is living at 2 Dean Crescent, Bedminster, Somerset with parents Moses (30), Alexandaria (29) and two siblings: Thomas (2), Alexander (2 mths). 1891 - 14 years old John is living at 5 Chapel Street, St Helens with parents Moses (40), Alexandrina (39) and five siblings: Thomas (12), Alexander (10), Mary (7), James (4), Marion (1). 1901 - 25 years old 'House Painter' John is living at 19 Halefield Street, St Helens with wife Florence (24) and daughter Florence Margaret (1 Mth). 1911 - Sees 34 years old 'House Painter' John living at 158 Vincent Street, St Helens with wife Florence (34) and three children: Florence Margaret (10), John James (8), Alexander (4).
Notes:
[url=http://www.sthelensrollsofhonour.co.uk/lmem.php?lmem=23]Remembered on the Tolver Street Presbyterian War Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.
[url=http://www.sthelensrollsofhonour.co.uk/lmem.php?lmem=23]Remembered on the Tolver Street Presbyterian War Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.
[pic]tpics/46453_Rice.jpg[/pic][caption]Image courtesy of Jeff Keenan from the Local Press[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/RiceJ_Leic.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private John Price on the Arras Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
