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.
Walmsley, Robert –
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: East Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Blackburn, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: M.M.
Memorials
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company WWI Memorial at Victoria Station Manchester - and also WWI Roll of Honour Book
- 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*