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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
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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