72492 GNR R.STARBUCK R.F.A. (on 1914 Star)
72492 CPL R.STARBUCK R.A. (on Victory Medal)
Ralph Starbuck
Born Market Rasen, Lincolnshire 1895
Son of John Bissell Starbuck, a Market Rasen Photographer & Harriet Sley Brown Starbuck
To France 19/8/14 with 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
He went through the battle of Mons unscathed & was apparently only wounded once in three & a half years
Married Gertrude Emily Sturgess of Trussel, near Market Harborough 28/6/17
Promoted Corporal
Fatally wounded whilst serving with 49th Battery, Royal Field Artillery & DOW F&F 27/4/18
Buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France
Also commemorated in the UK on the Market Rasen War Memorial & on the Market Rasen Methodist Church War Memorial
For a good write-up of the Starbuck family & his image - Click Here
With Original Sepia Portrait Photo of him as a Royal Artillery Lance Corporal dated 29/6/17, the day after his wedding - presumably taken by his father
Also with a Brass 'RFA' Shoulder Title plus several large colour photos of his name on the Market Rasen War Memorial
With copy of his MIC, SDGW & CWGC details
Condition: NEF
