BORN ROOS 1897. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & HARRIET MEDFORTH, ROOS. SON OF AN ENGINE DRIVER. FOURTH OF FIVE CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 30/12/1915. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 19/09/1917, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER WILLIAM HENRY MEDFORTH. HE IS BURIED AT ROOS (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD.
NOTE: SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS STATE WAS BORN IN HULL.
First name:
ROBERT HENRY
Military Number:
14905
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
17/09/1917
Place died:
Roos (All Saints) Churchyard, Yorkshire, UK
Age:
20
