BORN HULL 1896. ONLY SON OF STEPHEN CURSON (1865-1930) & ANN GRASSBY (1866-1939), OF 5, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). BROTHER TO MURIEL CURSON (1894-1955). A BANK CLERK.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/05/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, 132 LBS WEIGHT. QUALIFIED AS A MACHINE GUNNER. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/11/1915. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 11678, ROYAL EAST KENT REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/10/1916, AGED 20. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 142 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, STEPHEN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/11/1916. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE WW1 MEMORIAL. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
11678
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
02/10/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
