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Surname: FLETCHER
Forename(s): Robert
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 18512
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Grenadier Guards
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: Guards Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1917-03-06
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. E. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Robert Fletcher was the son of Edward Counsino Fletcher and Mary Ellen Fletcher, née Whittaker. Edward was born at Ely, Cambridgeshire and Mary at Bacup, Lancashire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 4, Spring Gardens - Robert Fletcher, aged 6 months, born Skipton, son of Edward Cosyn and Mary Ellen Fletcher.
1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 6, Netherfield Road - Robert Fletcher, aged 11 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Edward and Mary E. Fletcher.
1911 Oldham, Lancashire Census: 218, Chadderton Road - Robert Fletcher, aged 20 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Edward and Mary Ellen Fletcher.
Robert was married to Caroline Wallis in 1916.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert Fletcher, 18512, G. Gds.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gdsn Robert Fletcher, 18512, 1 G. Gds.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert Fletcher, 18512, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards. Date and Place of Death: 6.3.17 France. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Caroline. £18 4s. 5d.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Robert FLETCHER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Grenadier Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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