BORN HULL 6/01/1885. SON OF JOHN & ELIZABETH OCKELTON, NEWCASTLE ABOVE. ENLISTED NEWCASTLE ON 27/11/1915. EX 28117, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ARRIVED FRANCE ON 6/07/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH YORK AND LANCS ON 10/09/1916. HIS BROTHER JAMES HAD BEEN KILLED ON THE SOMME FOUR DAYS EARLIER. ROBERT WAS UNMARRIED, HIS PARENTS DECEASED AND HIS NEXT OF KIN WAS SISTER FRANCES AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS BROTHER HENRY LIVED AT 14 BEECH AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL.
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
34264
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
31
94 NEWGATE STREET, NEWCASTLE, TYNE AND WEAR, NORTH EAST ENGLAND, UK
Place Buried
