BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM HETHRINGTON (1847-1916) & SUSANNAH STOKELL (1851-1897) OF 16 , SITWELL STREET, HULL, 4 CHEAPSIDE GROVES (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) AND 19, ST ANDREWS TERRACE. PARROTT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
AN OIL CAKE MILLER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 121 LBS WEIGHT, 38-41 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED ON 7/12/15. CALLED UP ON 3/2/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE TWICE. WOUNDED IN THE SHOULDER ON 14/7/1916 AND RETURNED HOME. SERVED WITH THE 1ST & 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENTS. KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 27/10/1917, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
HIS ONLY SURVIVING BROTHER, GEORGE EDWARD HETHERINGTON, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/5/18, AGED 30.
First name:
ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
21637
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/10/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
