Cause and Place of Casualty: Died – 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge. Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
BX January 7, 1916
Bugler Rance is Killed
Bugler Harry Rance, boarding on Grey Street before the war, was reported today to have died of spinal meningitis yesterday at Bramshott, England. He was a bugler with the 58th Battalion, commanded by Lieuenant Colonel Harry Augustus Genet. He has no relatives in Canada. He was employed at Ham & Notts for a number of years.
BX February 3, 1916
Was Given Full Military Honours – Remains of Bugler Harry Rance Laid to Rest with Ceremony – The Funeral
Details of the life and death of Bugler Harry Rance, who joined the company commanded by Captan Frank Elsworth Hicks in the 58th Battalion, and who for five years was employed in Ham and Nott’s, residing on Grey Street, are given in a recent issue of the Tring Advertiser, received by F.J. Smith, 146 Wellington St., as follows.
The death occurred on Thursday of Bugler Harry Rance, of the 58th Canadian Light Infantry, son of Mrs. Rance, 38 Charles Street, Tring, and the late Mr. W. Rance formerly bandmaster of the Tring band, and a band sergeant in the old Berkhamsted Volunteer Battalion band. Deceased, who was 22 years of age, came over with the Canadian contingent, and visited his home at Tring for Christmas leave. While home he was seized with illness, and was certified to be suffering from cerebral-spinal meningitis. He was removed to the Cambridge Military Hospital, where he died. Bugler W. Rance of the Canadian Highlanders, a brother of the deceased, arrived home on leave from the front the day his brother died. The funeral took place at Tring cemetery on Wednesday with full military honors. The band of the Cambridgeshire Regiment headed the funeral cortege to the cemetery, and 15 men of the 58th Canadian Light Infantry, under a drum-major, were in attendance. The usual volleys were fired over the open grave, and buglers of the Canadian Light Infantry and the Herts Regiment sounded the “Last Post.” The Tring Church Lads’ Brigade, with which the deceased and his three brothers were prominently associated, was represented by Staff-Sergeant H. Randall and Staff-Sergeant Bugler, F. Budd. The Vicar of Tring (The Rev. Henry Francis), assisted by the army chaplain, conducted the service. There were present, at the graveside, a large number of townspeople, among whom the deceased was held in the highest esteem.
