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Surname: FOTHERGILL
Forename(s): Robert Matthew
Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire
Service No: 765592
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 251st Brigade
Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-10-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Screen Wall.
CWGC Cemetery: WORMS (HOCHHEIM HILL) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Matthew Fothergill was the son of Thomas and Annie Fothergill, née Braithwaite. Thomas was born at Ravenstonedale, Westmorland and Annie at Sedbergh, Yorkshire.
1891 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Long Lane - Robert Matthew Fothergill, aged 3 years, born Sedbergh, son of Thomas and Annie Fothergill.
1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Railton's Yard - Matthew Fothergill, aged 13 years, born Sedbergh, son of Thomas and Annie Fothergill.
1911 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire Census: Irgmire, Belle Vue Grove, Grove Hill - Robert Mathew Fothergill, aged 23 years, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire. [Robert was boarding with James and Mary Ellen Watson.]
Robert was married to Annie Lowndes in 1917. Annie married William Taylor in 1922.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Robt M. Fothergill, 3094, 765592, R.F.A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr Robt M. Fothergill, 3094,765592, R.F.A. T. Died 5.10.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr Robert Matthew Fothergill, 765592, 251 Bde R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 5.10.18. P. of W. Hospital Worms. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Annie. £24 17s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Gnr Robert Matthew Fothergill, 765592, 251 Bde R.F.A. Date and cause of death: 5.10.18. Died whilst Prisoner of War. Cause not stated. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Annie, born 20.2.89. Address: 382, Newport Road, Middlesbrough.
Robert would have been taken prisoner during the Battle of the Aisne, 1918, 27 May-6 June.
British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List, Wounded & Missing, 1914-1919: Record exists for Robert. Date reported missing or wounded: 27.5.18. Enquiry date: 2.8.18.
1914-1918 – Prisoners of the First World War ICRC – Historical Archives: Card(s) exist for Robert. The record states that Robert died from dropsy (oedema) in abdomen.
In 1921 Annie was living with her mother, Mary Ellen Lowndes at 382, Newport Road, Middlesbrough. In 1939 Annie and her husband William were living at 98, Oxford Road, Middlesbrough.
A short biography of Robert is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
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: ---
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Gunner Robert Matthew FOTHERGILL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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The Sedbergh men who gave their lives
Right hand panel - Top row (l-r): Private Richard Winn, Private John Burton. Second row (l-r): Private John Nelson, Gunner Robert Matthew Fothergill. Third row (l-r): Private Robert Edward Seddon, A/Corporal Herbert Park. Fourth row (l-r): Gunner John Cyril Hindson, Private Charles James Sisson
Three-panel oil-painting, courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup
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