BORN HULL 1895. KNOWN AS “ROB”. SON OF ARTHUR BRACEY PRIEST (1859-1943) & MARIA ALMA SOWERSBY (1855-1929), OF 25 COLONIAL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A MUNICIPAL CASHIER. HE WORKED AS A CLERK. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
HE JOINED THE TERRITORIAL FIELD ARTILLERY AS A BOMBARDIER. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 23/04/1915. PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF SELF INFLICTED WOUNDS, ON 15/08/1917, AGED 22. BURIED AT WATOU CHURCHYARD, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM.
HIS SISTER CONSATNCE DIED OF FLU IN 1918.
First name:
ROBERT EDGAR PAUL
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
15/08/1917
Place died:
Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
