Basic Details
Surname
Ream
Forenames
Roland
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Rowland
Served or died
Died
Service number
16240
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 27 Lincoln Road East.

(CWGC records that Private Rowland Ream, regimental number 16240, died aged 31 on 12/10/1917 serving in 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave 8.2.536 at Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough. They record him as the son of the late John Wade Ream and of Mary Beatrice Ream of 27 Lincoln Road East, Peterborough. On the 1911 census Rowland had been living with his mother at 13 Norfolk Street, Peterborough; his place of birth was given as King's Lynn. On the 1901 census he had been living with his parents Mary and John at 65 Lincoln Road, Peterborough. His birth was registered as "Rowland Ream" in King's Lynn District in 1886. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Rowland died at 2 West General Hospital in Manchester on 12/10/1917, and that his mother Mary was his legatee. His death was registered in the Stockport District of Cheshire in 1917).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
5th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Stockport
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
12
Manner of death as stated
Died at 2nd Western General Hospital, Stockport from wounds causing tubercular spine.
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
27 LINCOLN RD EAST
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial