BORN HULL 1881. SON OF JAMES & ELIZABETH CHRISTIE, OF HULL. HE WAS A TRAMWAY MOTORMAN, LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER, AT 2 VICTORIA AVENUE, GRANVILLE STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED HULL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/09/1916, AGED 35.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/09/1916. HE IS BURIED AT ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY”
First name:
ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
5014
Rank:
Private
Date Died
18/09/1916
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
35
2 VICTORIA AVENUE, GRANVILLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
