Walmsley, Robert –

Son of Joseph and Eliza A. Walmsley, of Station House, Turton, Lancashire. Formerly a clerk in the employ of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company at Darwen, Lancashire.

Personal details

  • Surname: Walmsley
  • Forename: Robert
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Skelmersdale, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Turton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 24
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: September 28th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Unit: 11th (Accrington) (Service) Battalion. (The Accrington Pals)
  • Service number: 29485
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Blackburn, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: M.M.

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Underhill Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: D. 39.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 04/10/1918 11/10/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6f* 6c*

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