BIRD, Roland Allen

Credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Serjeant

1st Battalion

Hampshire Regiment

Roland was born 1893 in Parkhurst the youngest son of Henry James & Rebecca (nee MCKINNON) BIRD of 14 Stanley Terrace, Hunnyhill in Newport.

Roland, aged 21, Died of Wounds on the 22nd of March 1915. He is buried in the Lancashire Cottage Cemetery in Belgium beneath a Commission Headstone, bearing the Family inscription: “IN THE HOPE OF PRESERVING CIVILIZATION HE GAVE HIS LIFE”, chosen by his mother. Roland rests alongside 255 of his First World War Comrades including 56 of the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment.

Roland is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial. His older brother, Cecil Arthur, fell in France in 1917.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetery

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.