BORN HULL 1883. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN T & BARBARA ELIZABETH BATTARBEE AT THIS ADDRESS. THIS WAS ALSO ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE WAS A DEALER IN SURGICAL DRESSINGS BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ON 12/12/1915, AGED 32. CALLED TO SERVICE ON 18/03/1916. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 145 LBS IN WEIGHT, CHEST 37 INCHES AND OF GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE ON 22/07/1916. HE RECEIVED A GUN SHOT TO THE BUTTOCK, IN SEPTEMBER 1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON DEATH 08/07/1917, AGED 34. HE HAD SERVED 1 YEAR AND 113 DAYS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM 13/07/1917.
First name:
ROBERT ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
27819
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/07/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
34
