BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN & SARAH (EDMOND) GIBLIN, OF 9 OAKLEY AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED IN CIVILIAN LIFE AS A TIMBER MAN AT HULL CUSTOMS AND BEFORE THAT WORKED FOR EARLE’S SHIP BUILDERS. HE WAS A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE WESLEYAN CHURCH. HE WENT OUT WITH THE 4TH EYR FROM NEWCASTLE. DIED OF WOUNDS, AGED 22. HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH ARE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 11TH AUGUST 1915. *
HE IS LISTED IN CWGC RECORDS BUT NOT SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS?
HE IS BURIED AT CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME”
First name:
ROBERT ARTHUR
Regiment:
Military Number:
1212
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
04/08/1915
Place died:
CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
22
9 OAKLEY AVENUE, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
