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Robert Roscoe

Details

Forename Robert
Surname Roscoe
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 29
Address 19 Caunce Street, Scholes
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank Lance Corporal
Occupation or place of work Collier at Alexander Pit Wigan Coal & Iron Co
Regiment Manchester Regiment 1/10th Batt
Day of Death 10
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Killed by a shell in trench
Place of Burial Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
Regiment Number 377085
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Brother of John Roscoe. Listed on Wigan Cenotaph Regiments Unknown
Son of Samuel Roscoe and Alice Swift and Husband of Florence
Whelley footballer

CWGC, Ancestry, WE 20/10/17