BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF GEORGE W BEILBY, ANLABY PARK, HULL. HIS MOTHER HAD DIED. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL AND WAS APPRENTICED TO THE SEA. HE GAVE UP THE SEA TO ENLIST AS A SIGNALLER, WITH THE AUSTRALIANS. HE WAS AT THE GALIPOLLI LANDINGS, AND SAW SERVICE IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS BILLET AFTER TRENCH DUTY WHEN IT WAS BELIEVED HE WAS KILLED BY A LARGE SHELL. HE DIED ON 01/02/1917, AGED 20.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 21ST APRIL 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL, GREAT WAR MEMORIAL, GEORGE STREET, HULL.
First name:
ROBERT EDWARD
Military Number:
2571
Rank:
Signaller
Date Died
01/02/1917
Place died:
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
20
EDENSOR, ANLABY PARK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
