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Robert Roberts - MGC

Details

Forename Robert
Surname Roberts - MGC
Middle Name Owen
Memorial Tyldesley Cenotaph
Age 24
Address 1 off Line Street
Parents' Address
Township Tyldesley
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Colliery Worker at St Georges Pit
Regiment Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 74th Batt
Day of Death 7
Month of Death June
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord
Regiment Number 6789
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information 1 of 5 brothers all serving in war. Born in Oswestry
Form 31923 RW Fusiliers
On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 22/6/17