Gamsby, Robert

Private, Robert Gamsby, 1st Gordon Highlanders

BORN BEVERLEY 1890. SON OF THOMAS AND MATILDA GAMSBY. EMPLOYED AS A SAWMILL LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1905. HIS WIFE MARY JANE MIDDLETON (1881-1947) AND THREE CHILDREN LIVED AT 5 BRIGHTON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL.  SERVED AS PRIVATE, S/10472, 1ST BN. GORDON HIGHLANDERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/03/1916, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MEMORIAL.


First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
10472
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/03/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
5 BRIGHTON TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK