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Robert Matthew FOTHERGILL

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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.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Robt M. Fothergill, 765592, Royal Field Artillery.

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

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Gunner Robert Matthew FOTHERGILL

Gunner Robert Matthew FOTHERGILL

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

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Surname: FOTHERGILL

Forename(s): Robert Matthew

Born: Middlesbrough

Residence:

Enlisted: Middlesbrough

Number: 765592

Rank: Gunner

Regiment: Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery

Battalion: Territorial Force

Decorations:

Died Date: 05/10/18

Died How: Died of wounds

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

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Surname: FOTHERGILL

Forename(s): R M

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 765592

Rank: Gunner

Regiment: Royal Field Artillery

Unit: 251st Bde.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 05/10/1918

Additional Information: Husband of A. Taylor (formerly Fothergill), of 289, Newport Rd., Middlesbrough.

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‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (23 November 1918)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH – DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR

FOTHERGILL, Pte. – Mr. T. Fothergill, of Main Street, Sedbergh, has been informed that his son, Pte. R.M. Fothergill, of the R.G.A., has died while a prisoner in Germany. The notification from Germany roughly translated stated that Robert Matthew Fothergill, R.G.A., 251, born 13-11-87, at Sedbergh, died 5-10-18 in hospital. Accompanying the notice was a letter written in German.

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The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

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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