Bert Renshaw Rawding and his elder brother William Thomas Rawding of Teigh were both killed in the First World War. The family were living at Catmose Lodge Farm which is right on the border of Rutland and Leciestershire. Bertie was born in Burley in 1897. His family moved first to Ashwell then to Edmondthorpe and finally to Teigh. Before the war Bert moved to Lea near Gainsborough in Lincolnshire and worked as a gardener at Lea Hall. In March 1917 he enlisted in Scunthorpe and joined the 1st/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Bert was killed in France on 3 October 1918 and is buried in Montbrehain British Cemetery, grave A.35. He is remembered on the war memorial in Edmondthorpe, but not in Teigh, which lays claim to being a "Thankful Village" where no one from the community died in the First World War. He is also remembered on his brother William's grave in Edmondthorpe churchyard. The inscription reads: "Also Private Bert Renshaw Rawding, South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in Action October 3rd 1918 aged 20 years. Buried in France. Faithful unto death. Until we meet again." He is also remembered on the war memorial inside St Helen's Church, Lea.

Main picture from Gainsborough News 15 November 1918. Additional information courtesy of Peter Bradshaw.