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Robert FLETCHER (2)

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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

Private Robert FLETCHER

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Grenadier Guards

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Grenadier Guards

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: FLETCHER

Forename(s): Robert

Born: Skipton

Residence:

Enlisted: Oldham

Number: 18512

Rank: Gdsn

Regiment: Grenadier Guards

Battalion: 1st Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 06/03/17

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: FLETCHER

Forename(s): R

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 18512

Rank: Private

Regiment: Grenadier Guards

Unit: 1st Bn.

Age: 27

Awards:

Died Date: 06/03/1917

Additional Information: Son of Edward Counsino Fletcher and Mary Ellen Fletcher, of Oldham; husband of Caroline Summers (formerly Fletcher), of 20, Somerset Place, Lansdown, Bath. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE)

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Private Robert Fletcher

Private Robert Fletcher

Photograph given by kind permission of Robert Fletcher's granddaughter, Mrs Christine Smith

Caroline and Irene Fletcher

Caroline and Irene Fletcher

Caroline Fletcher, née Wallis and daughter, Irene (wife and daughter of Private Robert Fletcher)

Photograph given by kind permission of Robert Fletcher's granddaughter, Mrs Christine Smith

William Alfred Summers, Irene Fletcher and Caroline Summers

William Alfred Summers, Irene Fletcher and Caroline Summers

William Alfred Summers, Irene Fletcher and Caroline Summers, née Wallis (Caroline and Alfred married in 1918)

Photograph given by kind permission of Robert Fletcher's granddaughter, Mrs Christine Smith

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