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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, aged 3 years, born Barnoldswick, son of John W. and Margaret E. Heap.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 36, Rook Street - Robert Heap, 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 Heaps.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert Heaps, 19873, 6th East Lancashire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (2b) Balkans. Date of entry therein: 2 September 1915. Killed in Action: 9 April 1916.
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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