BORN THORNGUMBOLD 1887. SON OF ROBERT & SARAH THROWER, SUTTON 1911 CENSUS. KNOWN AS “LITTLE BOB” AS HIS FATHER WAS ALSO ROBERT THROWER. BROTHER OF MAGGIE BAYSTON.
HE SERVED WITH THE 8TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS AND WAS KILLED BY MACHINE GUN FIRE, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF LOOS. HE DIED ON 25/09/1915, AGED 28.
HE IS NAMED ON SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL AND COMMEMORATED AT ST JAMES CHURCH THERE.
First name:
ROBERT WHITEHEAD
Regiment:
Military Number:
8189
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/09/1915
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
, SUTTON ON HULL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
