BORN GILBERDYKE 1882. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WEDDALL (1839-1893) & ESTHER SIMPSON (1847-1928), OF BRIDLINGTON AND 269 ANLABY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HIS FATHER WHO WAS A FARMER AND DIED IN 1893, LEAVING A FORTUNE. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, HARRIET, MARY ANN AND EMILY AND THEY ALL LIVED BY PRIVATE MEANS. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, ON 27/09/1912 AND MOVED TO NEW ZEALAND.
HE ENLISTED IN THE NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY 2ND BRIGADE, 2 BATTERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, IN BELGIUM, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 35.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HAD NO CHILDREN. HE LEFT £22,608 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER. BURIED AT WESTHOF FARM CEMETERY, WEST VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM . HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT”
A PLAQUE WAS PLACED AT ST CLEMENTS CHURCH, GILBERDYKE, WHICH READS “ROBERT PLUMMER WEDDALL HIS ONLY SURVIVING SON/ OF THE NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY/ KILLED IN ACTION APRIL 10TH 1918 AGED 35 YEARS.
