BORN WHITLEY, YORKS 1887. THIRD SON OF JOHN & ANN THOMPSON, OF 1 CARLTON AVENUE, VICTOR STREET, HULL. FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER (1911 CENSUS).
ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 27504, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 107TH MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/08/1917, AGED 30. COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL, YPRES, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN.
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
82614
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/08/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
30
