Person:Robert Rising (1)

1881 - Not with parents (and not found).

1891 - With parents, living in Yarmouth Road, Ormesby St Margaret. University student, aged 19, born at Newbury, Berks.

Cambridge University Alumni: Name: Robert Edward Rising; College: TRINITY; Entered: Michs. 1890; Born: 23 May 1871; More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 17, 1890. [Eldest] s. of Thomas [Alfred], of Ormesby, Great Yarmouth. B. [May 23, 1871], at Reading. School, Charterhouse, Godalming. Matric. Michs. 1890. Second Lieut., The Gloucester Regt., 1892; Lieut., 1894; Capt., 1900. Served in the South African War, 1899-1900. Adjt., 3rd Battn., 1905. Married, 1901, Constance Elizabeth, dau. of Col. R. W. Edis, C.B., of The Old Hall, Ormsby. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., the Gloucester Regt.; Major, 1914; D.S.O., 1914); died of wounds received in action at Ypres, Nov. 7, 1914. Brother of Arthur P. (1891). (Charterhouse Reg.; Army Lists; V.C. and D.S.O.)

Medal card of Rising, Robert Edward: Corps: Gloucestershire Regiment; Rank: Captain... 1914-1920 WO 372/17.

From CWGC: Name: RISING, ROBERT EDWARD; Initials: R E; Nationality: United Kingdom; Rank: Major; Regiment/Service: Gloucestershire Regiment; Unit Text: 1st Bn.; Age: 43; Date of Death: 07/11/1914; Awards: D S O; Additional information: Son of Thomas and Kate Rising, of The Manor House, Great Ormesby, Norfolk; husband of Constance Elizabeth Rising, of The Old Hall, Great Ormesby; Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead; Grave/Memorial Reference: E. 5; Cemetery: ZILLEBEKE CHURCHYARD.

Zillebeke Churchyard contains 32 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. Fourteen (mainly officers) belonged to the Foot Guards or the Household Cavalry who died in 1914. Six of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate two casualties whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The Commonwealth plot was designed by W H Cowlishaw.