BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JAMES BILSBY (1864-1915) & ADA (LEAF) OSBOURNE (1869-1950), OF 16 GUYS TERRACE, COLONIAL STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS). HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND A YOUNGER BROTHER, FRANL OSBOURNE (1899-1967). EMPLOYED AS A CAR DRIVER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 08/04/1916. HIS WIFE ROSE MAY ARNELL, AND DAUGHTER RITA, LIVED AT 14 CLARENDON TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL. AND 87 HARDY STREET, HULL. (17 March 1919 – Hull Daily Mail)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/06/1917. SERVED WITHTHE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 01/03/1919, AGED 26. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ROSE.
NO CWGC RECORD.
First name:
ROBERT WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
205521
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/03/1919
Place died:
Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
26
