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Surname: RHODES
Forename(s): Robert William
Place of Birth: Grassington, Yorkshire
Service No: 32371
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 22nd Division
Age: 34
Date of Death: 1918-09-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 372.
CWGC Cemetery: MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Robert William Rhodes was the son of Thomas and Mary Rhodes, née Graham. Thomas was born at Chipping, Lancashire and Mary in Colstersdale, Yorkshire.
1891 Brierfield, Lancashire Census: Clough Farm - Robert W. Rhodes, aged 5 years, born Grassington, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Mary Rhodes.
1901 Brierfield, Lancashire Census: 21, Clitheroe Road - Robert Rhodes, aged 15 years, born Grassington, Yorkshire, son of Mary Rhodes, widow.
Robert was married to Amelia Cole in 1905. The 1911 Census shows Amelia and their daughter, Evelyn (born 9 June 1909), living with her parents, John William and Margaret Cole, at 2, Holbeck Street, Burnley.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert Rhodes, 32371, S.L.I.; K.S.L.I. Dec'd 29.9.18. Oi/c K.S.L.I. Recs. requests Auth. for disposal of medals 20.7.22.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Robert Rhodes, 32371, Shrops L. I., Infantry Base Depot; Shrops L. I., 2 Entrenching Battn.; 8 Shrops L. I.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert Rhodes, 32371, 8th Shrop. L. Inf. Date and Place of Death: 29.9.18. 50th G. Hos. Greece. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow. £9 5s. 6d. O.S.B.: Daughter - Ivy, born 6.12.05. £18 11s. 2d. [Ivy married Albert Bradshaw in 1923.]
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Robert. Name(s) on card(s): Daughter: Ivy Rhodes, born 6.12.05. Guardian: Mrs. Mary Rhodes. Address (1) 21, Clitheroe Road, Burnley, Brierfield. (2) 5, Ross Street, Brierfield, Burnley. (3) 6, Albin Street, Bacup.
Robert is commemorated on the Brierfield War Memorial.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 22nd Division
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