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Surname: CASSON
Forename(s): Robert Victor
Place of Birth: Tatham, Lancashire
Service No: 267445
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1918-04-13
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. F. 4.
CWGC Cemetery: LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CLAPHAM, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KEASDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Victor Casson was the son of William and Mary Casson, née Procter and brother of Gunner Thomas Casson (141056) (q.v.). Their father was born at Burton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire and mother at Tatham, Lancashire.
1891 Austwick, Yorkshire Census: Lawsings - Robt Casson, aged 4 years, born Tatham, Lancashire, son of Wm Casson, widower.
1901 Clapham, Yorkshire Census: Hammond Head - Robert V. Casson, aged 14 years, born Tatham, Lancashire, son of William and [stepson of] Jane Casson. [William had married Jane Parker in 1899.]
1911 Clapham, Yorkshire Census: Hammond Head, Clapham Station - Robert V. Casson, aged 24 years, born Tatham, Lancashire, son of William and [stepson of] Jane Casson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert V. Casson, 267445, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Robert Victor Casson, 267445, 1/6th W. Rid. R. K. in A. 13.4.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert Victor Casson, 267445, 1/6 Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 13.4.18. Belgium in action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William. £18 17s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Robert not found.
Robert is referred to in a letter written on the 6 May 1918 by L/Cpl John Hutchinson (267194) (q.v.).
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Robert Victor CASSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck
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Courtesy of Allan Hartley, High Bentham
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26 April 1918
HIGH BENTHAM - Sad News
The sad news of the death of Private Robert Casson, R.F.A., the youngest son of Mr. Wm. Casson, of Hammon[d] Head, Mewith, Bentham, reached his father this week. He was home on leave about a month ago. This is the second son of Mr. Wm. Casson to pay the great price for his country. - Private Thomas Wilcock, of the Dukes, is reported missing since the 2lst March. He is the son of Mr. T. Wilcock, of Wenning Avenue, Bentham.
03 May 1918
Private Robert P. Casson, Keasden
Mr. Casson, Hammond Head Farm, Keasdon, has received the painful news that his third son, Private Robert P. Casson, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, was killed in action on April 13th. The Captain of his Company writes as follows:- "I am very grieved to inform you that your son, Private R. P. Casson, was killed in action on April 13th 1918, during a heavy enemy attack. He was one of our old hands who had lately returned to us. He was a very good soldier indeed, a very good comrade, and we shall miss him very much. Please accept the very real sympathy of all members of 'D' Company in their great loss."
Private R. P.Casson joined the Forces under Lord Derby's scheme on December 11th 1915, began training in March and went to France June 1916. He returned to England in October with septic poisoning and went back on March 3rd 1917, again returning on leave in February this year. His brother, Gunner T. Casson, was killed on the same date last year. The eldest son, Private J. P. Casson, is still serving in France.
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27 April 1917
BENTHAM CASUALTIES
News was received on Monday morning last of the death in action, on April 13th, of Gunner Thomas Casson, of the R.F.A., son of Mr. Wm. Casson, of Hammond Head, near Bentham. The deceased joined up last May, and went to France in October. He was well known and highly respected in the Bentham and Clapham district. Another of his brothers, Pte. Robert Casson, is serving in France with the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.
26 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Bentham Soldier's Death
The sad news of the death of Pte. Robert Casson, R.F.A., youngest son of Mr. Wm. Casson, of Hammon Head, Mewith, Bentham, reached his father this week. He was home on leave about a month ago. This is the second son of Mr. Wm. Casson to pay the great price for his country.
Pte. Thomas Wilcock, of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, is reported missing since March 21st. He was the son of Mr. T. Wilcock, of Wenning Avenue, Bentham.
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