BORN 1898. SON OF ROBERT AND MAUD MARY WARD. SON OF A POLICEMAN. HE LIVED WITH TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER AT THIS ADDRESS. WORKED AS A CLERK. ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 02/10/1915. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL, 114 LBS WEIGHT, AND 33.5 INCH CHEST SIZE. SERVED IN THE RIVER SICK CONVOY UNIT IN MESOPOTANIA. DIED OF PNEUMONIA/INFLUENZA, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ROBERT
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SUTTON ON HULL WAR MEMORIAL.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BASRA WAR CEMETERY, IRAQ
First name:
ROBERT CLAUDE
Regiment:
Military Number:
69306
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/04/1919
Place died:
BASRA WAR CEMETERY, IRAQ
Age:
21
