BORN BEVERLEY 1890. SON OF THOMAS AND MATILDA GAMSBY. EMPLOYED AS A SAWMILL LABOURER.
HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1905. HIS WIFE MARY JANE MIDDLETON (1881-1947) AND FOUR CHILDREN (ANNIE ELIZABETH, FRANCES MARY, EMMAAND ROBERT), LIVED AT 5, BRIGHTON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, S/10472, 1ST BN. GORDON HIGHLANDERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/03/1916, AGED 26.
COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS WIDOW RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 25 SHILLING & 6 PENCE.
First name:
ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
10472
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/03/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
5 BRIGHTON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
