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Surname: HEAPS
Forename(s): Robert
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 19873
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 13th (Western) Division
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1916-04-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Addenda Panel
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Heaps was the son of John William and Margaret Ellen Heaps, née Brooks. Both parents were born at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire.
1891 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 16, Hill Street - Robert Heap [sic], aged 3 years, born Barnoldswick, son of John W. and Margaret E. Heap.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 36, Rook Street - Robert Heap [sic], aged 13 years, born Barnoldswick, grandson of Martha Heap.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 86, Rain Hall Road - Robert Heaps, aged 23 years, born Barnoldswick, son of J.W. and Margret Ellen Heaps.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert Heaps, 19873, 6/E. Lan. R. Theatre of War first served in: (2b) Balkans. Date of entry therein: 2.9.15. K. in A. 9.4.16.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Robert Heaps, 19873, 3rd East Lancs.; 6th East Lancs.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert Heaps, 19873, 6th Batt. East Lancs. Reg. Date and Place of Death: 9.4.16. Mesopotamia. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother Sole Legatee - Margaret Ellen. £8 6s. 2d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Robert. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Margaret Ellen Heaps. Relationship to soldier: Mother. Address: 86, Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick.
Robert was accepted as a war casualty by the CWGC in 2009.
A short biography of Robert is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HEAPS, Robert, aged 28 years, E.L. Regt., killed in action in Mesopotamia, April 9, 1916.
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Private Robert HEAPS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 13th (Western) Division
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Ghyll Undenominational Burial Ground, Barnoldswick
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Ghyll Undenominational Burial Ground, Barnoldswick
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05 May 1916
BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER KILLED IN MESOPOTAMIA
Pte. Robert Heaps, 6th East Lancs. Regiment, has been officially reported killed in action while serving with the Indian Expeditionary Force for the relief of General Townshend’s beleaguered garrison on April 9th. The news was received on Tuesday in a letter from the Record Office at Preston.
Pte. Heaps was 28 years of age and unmarried. He enlisted in the regulars in March, 1915, and after a short training was sent to the Dardanelles, where he remained until the evacuation. Previous to joining the Army he worked as a weaver at Messrs. B. Holden’s Moss Shed. He spent his last and only furlough at his home, 86, Rainhall Road, in July last. His father, the late J. W. Heaps, died in Leeds Infirmary on April 12th.
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05 May 1916
BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER KILLED IN MESOPOTAMIA
Private Robert Heaps, 6th East Lancashire Regiment, has been officially reported killed in action while serving with the Indian Expeditionary Force for the relief of General Townshend’s beleaguered garrison on April 9th. The news was received on Tuesday in a letter from the Record Office at Preston. Private Heaps was 28 years of age and unmarried. He enlisted in the regulars in March, 1915, and after a short training was sent to the Dardanelles, where he remained until the evacuation. Previous to joining the Army he worked as a weaver at Messrs. B. Holden’s Moss Shed. He spent his last and only furlough at his home, 86, Rainhall Road, in July last. His father, the late Mr. J. W. Heaps, died in Leeds Infirmary on April 12th.
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