Records Of The Men Of Lochbroom

66 - RECORDS OF THE MEN OF LOCHBROOM

1917

27140. Pte. RODERICK ROSS,

N.Z.I.F (1st Bn. Wellington Regiment).

Aged 33

Son of Mr. Ruairdh Ross, Reiff, Achiltibuie.

Served in France from	1915.
Died in London Hospital from wounds received in Action	23rd Dec. 1917.

“Open and stern and glorious are God’s ways,

And, if we learn to love alright, our hearts

Out of the depths of grief shall give Him praise.”

– Sonnets, 1918.

Official information

Official record (CWGC)

Cemetery / Memorial: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK.

Grave: VIII. C. 9.

Location and Map (CWGC)

Local Memorial: Coigach.

additional information

The official records put his age as being 31 and not 33 as stated above, and that he died on the 20th of December 1917, and not on the 23rd.

His official Military Record can be found on the following website for the New Zealand Military: http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10740697

Family information

The connection with the Parish today is not known.