Ronald J M Captain East Kent Regiment
CAPTAIN J. M. RONALD East Kent Regiment Aged 38
April 23rd, 1915
Sixth son of Robert Bruce Ronald and of Fanny Ronald, of Pembury Grange, Tunbridge Wells. Monitor, 1894. Football XI, 1893-4• R.M.C., Sandhurst, 1895 Married, in 1903, Evelyn Crosthwait, and leaves a daughter.
Captain Ronald received his Commission in the Buffs in 1906 ; he got his Company in 1900, and was Adjutant from 1904 to 1907. He served with the 2nd Battalion in the South African War, and took part in the relief of Kimberley and the battles of Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, and Dreifontein, being twice slightly wounded. He received the Queen’s Medal with four clasps, and the King’s Medal with two clasps. He retired from the Army in 1912, but resumed service as a Railway Transport Officer on August 6th, 1914, and rejoined his Regiment the following March. He was shot through the head and instantaneously killed on April 23rd, 1915, about a mile from Wieltje Farm.
Source : Harrow Roll Of Honour 1914-1919 Vol 2