BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HARRY HESP (1862-1933) & ANNIE ELIZABETH HESP, OF 118 WALKER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1 ROSE TERRACE, ALFRED STREET, HULL. A RULLEYMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201241, 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/11/1916, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, HARRY.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN HESP, 65062, KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, ALSO SERVED.
First name:
ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
201241
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
17/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
23
