Lieutenant Colonel Richard Bassett Cockburn Raban, 1st Duke of York's Lancers (Skinner's Horse). He was the son of the Reverend Richard Charles William Raban (Vicar of Bishop's Hull, Taunton), and Elizabeth Frances Raban. Baptised on 5 Jul 1881 in St John's Church, Clifton, Bristol. Educated at Malvern College, Malvern, Worcestershire. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant on 20 Jan 1900. Promoted to Lieutenant on 14 Aug 1901. Transferred to the Indian Army on 17 Feb 1903. Promoted to Captain on 20 Jan 1909. He was one of the four Aides-de-Camp to the King-Emperor at the great Durbar in Delhi in 1911 and received the Durbar Medal. Attended the Indian Army Staff College at Quetta in 1914. He was appointed a Temporary Major and Second in Command of the 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders on 18 Nov 1915. In Apr 1916 he was made temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, and took over command on the 13th Battalion the Royal Scots. On 11 May 1916, the Battalion took over the trenches opposite the Hohenzollern Redoubt at Loos, and at 1615hrs the enemy opened a very heavy bombardment, and at 1700hrs a shell hit the battalion HQ dug-out, killing or wounding the entire battalion HQ. Lieutenant Colonel Raban was one of those killed and was buried in Vermelles British Cemetery.
He is also commemorated on the Malvern College WW1 memorial board in the Malvern College Chapel, Great Malvern, Malvern Hills, Hereford And Worcester, England (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/56419), on the Bishops Hull War Memorial, Taunton, Somerset (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/205844/) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
He is also commemorated on the Malvern College WW1 memorial board in the Malvern College Chapel, Great Malvern, Malvern Hills, Hereford And Worcester, England (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/56419), on the Bishops Hull War Memorial, Taunton, Somerset (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/205844/) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Bassett Cockburn Raban, 1st Duke of York's Lancers (Skinner's Horse). He was the son of the Reverend Richard Charles William Raban (Vicar of Bishop's Hull, Taunton), and Elizabeth Frances Raban. Baptised on 5 Jul 1881 in St John's Church, Clifton, Bristol. Educated at Malvern College, Malvern, Worcestershire. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant on 20 Jan 1900. Promoted to Lieutenant on 14 Aug 1901. Transferred to the Indian Army on 17 Feb 1903. Promoted to Captain on 20 Jan 1909. He was one of the four Aides-de-Camp to the King-Emperor at the great Durbar in Delhi in 1911 and received the Durbar Medal. Attended the Indian Army Staff College at Quetta in 1914. He was appointed a Temporary Major and Second in Command of the 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders on 18 Nov 1915. In Apr 1916 he was made temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, and took over command on the 13th Battalion the Royal Scots. On 11 May 1916, the Battalion took over the trenches opposite the Hohenzollern Redoubt at Loos, and at 1615hrs the enemy opened a very heavy bombardment, and at 1700hrs a shell hit the battalion HQ dug-out, killing or wounding the entire battalion HQ. Lieutenant Colonel Raban was one of those killed and was buried in Vermelles British Cemetery.
He is also commemorated on the Malvern College WW1 memorial board in the Malvern College Chapel, Great Malvern, Malvern Hills, Hereford And Worcester, England (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/56419), on the Bishops Hull War Memorial, Taunton, Somerset (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/205844/) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
He is also commemorated on the Malvern College WW1 memorial board in the Malvern College Chapel, Great Malvern, Malvern Hills, Hereford And Worcester, England (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/56419), on the Bishops Hull War Memorial, Taunton, Somerset (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/205844/) and on the Indian Army WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Cenotaph here
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Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Duke of York's Lancers (Skinner's Horse) attd 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Killed in action at Hulluch. Son of the late Rev. R. C. W. Raban (Vicar of Bishop's Hull, Taunton), and Mrs. Raban. Aide-de-Camp to the Kin
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