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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. Her brother, Pte Tom Wallis (12229), was killed in action, 23 August 1918. Caroline married William Alfred Summers in 1918.
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.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Robert. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Mrs Caroline Fletcher, born 30.8.90. Address: Compton Dundon, near Somerton, Somerset. Children: Irene, born 9.12.16.
In 1921 Caroline, her daughter Irene, husband William A. Summer, his son Wilfred John Summers and Caroline's mother, Jane Wallis were living at 20, Somerset Place, Bath. In 1939 Caroline and William were living at 12, Snow Hill, Bath. Caroline died in 1974.
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
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Grenadier Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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Private Robert Fletcher
Photograph given by kind permission of Robert Fletcher's granddaughter, Mrs Christine Smith
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, 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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