Son of John Charles and Elizabeth Ellen Ranoe (nee Lindsay), of 14, Mount Pleasant Street, Horwich, Lancashire. Formerly an apprentice fitter at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company’s Horwich Loco Works. Formerly Private 1630, 1st/4th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Wounded accidentally by gunshot to right hand 11/07/1915. NOTE: Served as JAMES Ranoe.
Ranoe, Charles James –
Personal details
- Surname: Ranoe
- Forename: Charles James
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Horwich, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Horwich, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 19
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: October 30th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 2nd/4th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 200328
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: April 2nd, 1914 - 1914-04-02
- Enlistment location: Horwich, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Holy Trinity C.E. Church WWI Roll of Honour - Horwich
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Horwich Loco Works (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company) WWI Memorial - Horwich
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- CWGC Memorial: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: XI. C. 20.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 23/11/1917 08/11/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c* 6h
- Bolton Chronicle: 23/11/1917
- Horwich and Westhoughton Journal entries: 26/06/1915