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Surname: DANVERS
Forename(s): Robert William Ford
Place of Birth: South Kensington, Middlesex
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Suffolk Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 11th (Service) Battalion. (Cambridgeshire)
Division: 34th Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1917-08-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: A. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: HARGICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: DENT, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert William Ford Danvers (born 11 September 1894) was the son of Robert Augustus and Sylvia Bertha Peplow Danvers, née Ford. Robert, senior, was born at Oudh, India and Sylvia at London, Middlesex.
1901 St. James, London Census: A11, The Albany - Robert W.F. Danvers, aged 6 years, born London. [Robert and his mother Sylvia B.P. Danvers were visiting, Susanah [sic] Oxenham, widow.]
Robert attended United Services College (now Haileybury) 1909-11.
1911 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk Census: St. Andrews House, 13, St. Andrews Street - Robert William Ford Danvers, aged 16 years, born South Kensington, London. [Robert was visiting William Oxenham Cautley, Capt. and Hon. Major, 3rd Bn. Suffolk Regiment.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert William Ford Danvers, 1385, 6th Suffolk Regiment & 2/Lt Suffolk Regiment. Commissioned: 4 November 1914. Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: 10 February 1916. Correspondence: Mrs. J.F. Lawrie (Mother remarried) 15, Earls Court Gardens, S.W. 5.
Robert’s connection with Dent was through his great-grandmother, Agnes Ann Burra, née Fawcett, who was born at Dent in 1810, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Fawcett.
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: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Suffolk Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 34th Division
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