BORN YORK 02/05/1887. A FISHERMAN. PARENTS UNKNOWN. SERVED 3 MONTHS IN WAKEFIELD PRISON ON 13/05/1908, FOR STEALING A PAIR OF BOOTS. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. HE MARRIED EDITH WILSON, IN HULL IN 1915. HE DIED OF FLU, ON 28/10/1918, AT NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. BURIED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. AGED 32.
HIS SISTER IN LAW, MRS M GANDY WAS HIS NEXT OF KIN AND LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS.
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
13009
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
28/10/1918
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
32
