BORN THORNTON CURTIS, LINCS 1885. SON OF EDWARD SHEARSMITH (1856-1952) AND MARY ANN SIMONS (1857-1903). MARRIED SCULCOATES, HULL, JULY 1908. WIFE ELIZABETH FRANCES ATKINSON, AND FOUR CHILDREN ALFRED, HARRY, IRENE AND ROBERT. THIS WAS HIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS, AND ALSO 7 OAKLND VILLA, REYNOLDSON STREET. HE WAS A BRICKLAYER AND HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER. ENLISTED HULL. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 05/12/1916, AGED 31. BURIED AT MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS ARMY WEEFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FRANCES SHEARSMITH.
First name:
ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6661
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/12/1916
Place died:
Mesnil Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
31
10 BRENTWOOD VILLAS, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
