BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM NESS (1851-1903) & ELIZABETH REVELL (1851-1902), OF 8 DE LA POLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. LIVED WITH HIS UNCLE, JOHN, IN NEWINGTON, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY PALS BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/10/1917, AGED 27. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTERS, KATE BATESON AND ALICE COLLINGS.
The following appeared in the Hull Daily Mail on 16 November 1917 “Killed in action, October 25th, 1917, Private Robert William Ness, dearly loved brother of Mrs W. G. Bateson, ” Southlands,” Mead Walk, Anlabv Park”.
First name:
ROBERT WILLIAM
Military Number:
32/869
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/10/1917
Place died:
St. Julien Dressing Station Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
8 DE LA POLE TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
