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Robert Thomas Walmsley
Informations sur naissance
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Date de naissance: 30/11/1891 |
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Lieu de naissance: Liverpool, Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni |
Informations générales
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Profession: Employé d'une entrprise de transport |
Informations service militaire
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Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni |
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Force armée: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Gunner |
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Numéro de service: 796396 |
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Incorporation nom de lieu: Liverpool, Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni |
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Unités: — Royal Field Artillery, "C" Bty. 246th Bde. (Dernière unité connue) |
Informations sur décès
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Date de décès: 20/09/1917 |
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Lieu de décès: Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station, Belgique |
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Cause du décès: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Âge: 25 |
Cimetière
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Duhallow A.D.S. cemetery Parcelle: x Rangée: / Tombe: 34 |
Distinctions et médailles 2
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British War Medal Médaille |
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Victory Medal Médaille |
Points d'intérêt 2
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Mon histoire
Robert Thomas Walmsley was born in Liverpool, Lancashire in 1894. He worked as a shipping clerk, prior to enlisting in the army. Robert served in “C” Battery of the 246th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, of the 49th (West Riding) Division.
After having been stationed in Nieuwpoort, on the Belgian coast, Robert’s Brigade moved to the area south of Ypres, to participate in the Battle of Passchendaele.
On 12 September 1917 all Batteries of the 246th Brigade went into action at the hamlet of Vierstraat, on the Ypres–Kemmel road. The guns of the Brigade had been quickly discovered by the German artillery, as they were shelled on both 16 and 18 September.
On the 20th of September the Brigade was part of the artillery support for the 19th Division, which attacked along the Ypres-Comines Canal.
Gunner Robert Thomas Walmsley, 25, was mortally wounded. He died of his wounds on 20 September 1917 at the Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station, just north of Ypres. He was buried in the adjacent Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery.
After having been stationed in Nieuwpoort, on the Belgian coast, Robert’s Brigade moved to the area south of Ypres, to participate in the Battle of Passchendaele.
On 12 September 1917 all Batteries of the 246th Brigade went into action at the hamlet of Vierstraat, on the Ypres–Kemmel road. The guns of the Brigade had been quickly discovered by the German artillery, as they were shelled on both 16 and 18 September.
On the 20th of September the Brigade was part of the artillery support for the 19th Division, which attacked along the Ypres-Comines Canal.
Gunner Robert Thomas Walmsley, 25, was mortally wounded. He died of his wounds on 20 September 1917 at the Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station, just north of Ypres. He was buried in the adjacent Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery.
Sources 4
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Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna Autre référence |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2936820/walmsley,-robert-thomas/ Sources utilisées |
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The Long, Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources utilisées |
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War Diary https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Autre référence |