BORN SUTTON 14/07/1895. STEP SON OF ELIZABETH SIMPSON (1876-1963) AND SAMUEL STEPHENSON (1873-1949), OF “LAYFIELD HOUSE”, BELLFIELD AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE STEP BROTHERS AND TWO STEP SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM HAND, AT LAYFIELD HOUSE, BELLFIELD VAENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
ENLISTED LEEDS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 24560, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/06/1918, AGED 22, AT THE UNIVERSITY WAR HOSPITAL, SOUTHAMPTON. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS STEP BROTHER, WILLIAM.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE SUTTON VILLAGE MEMORIAL AND BURIED IN THE CHURCHYARD CEMETERY.
First name:
ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
143318
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/06/1918
Place died:
Sutton-on-Hull (St James) Churchyard, East Yorkshire ,UK
Age:
22
LAYFIELD HOUSE, BELLFIELD AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
