BORN HULL 18/05/1896. SON OF DANIEL BATTY (1850-1925) & ELIZABETH ELLEN STOCKELL (1853-1901), OF 3 GRANGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A BOILER MAKER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HE WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF PERITONITIS, ON 24/11/1918, AGED 23. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, DANIEL.
BURIED AT ETAPLES. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “NOT FORGOTTON”.
HIS BROTHER, SAPPER, GEORGE BATTY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, DIED ON 18/11/1917, AGED 24.
First name:
ROBERT COOK WILKINSON
Regiment:
Military Number:
731527
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
24/11/1918
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
