BORN HULL 1886. A LABOURER. AND BROTHER OF FRANK ROBERTS, OF 4 THORESBY AVENUE, FLINTON STREET. BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. HE MARRIED ADA ARMSTEAD, A WIDOW, AT HULL, ON 05/04/1914. THEY LIVED AT 1, WORCESTER TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND HAD NO CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 16/11/1914, AGED 28 YEARS AND 60 DAYS. SERVED WITH THE THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (“T’OTHERS”). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, AND 157 LBS WEIGHT. HE TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON CAMPS, YORKSHIRE. HE WAS POSTED TO EGYPT AND THEN TO FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. WOUNDED IN THE BACK. HE WAS CAPTURED ON 13/11/1916, AT SERRE, ON THE SOMME. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AS A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 03/12/1916, AGED 30. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 18 DAYS.
HE WAS BROTHER IN LAW OF THE EDWARDS FAMILY AT HARROW STREET, HULL AND IS PICTURED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL.
HE IS BURIED AT PORTE-DE-PARIS CEMETERY, CAMBRAI.
