BORN NORMANTON, HULL 1896. ONLY CHILD OF ROBERT MITCHELL AND ELIZA SYKES, AT 3, NORTON GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A VAN BOY FOR A FIRM OF DRAPERS. HIS FATHER DIED ON 20/08/1915, AGED 47.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED AS PRIVATE, 41323, WITH THE 1ST GLASGOW PALS (15TH HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY). HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT NIEUWPOORT, ON 15/07/1917, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER. HER ONLY CHILD,
HE IS REMEMBERED ON HIS MOTHER’S GRAVE, IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WW1MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT RAMSCAPPELLE ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”.
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
41323
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/07/1917
Place died:
Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery,West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
