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Robert Thomas Walmsley

Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
30/11/1891
Lieu de naissance:
Liverpool, Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Employé d'une entrprise de transport

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Gunner
Numéro de service:
796396
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Liverpool, Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  Royal Field Artillery, "C" Bty. 246th Bde.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
20/09/1917
Lieu de décès:
Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
25

Cimetière

Duhallow A.D.S. cemetery
Parcelle: x
Rangée: /
Tombe: 34

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
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.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/dna
Autre référence
CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2936820/walmsley,-robert-thomas/
Sources utilisées
The Long, Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Sources utilisées
War Diary
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Autre référence