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Surname: WINDLE
Forename(s): Robert
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 23996
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'D' Battery 11th Brigade
Division: ---
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1918-11-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XII. A. 5.
CWGC Cemetery: TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Windle (born 24 June 1892) was the son of James William and Amelia Windle, née Cawdrey and brother of Private Fred Windle (19545) (q.v.). Their father was born at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire and mother at Caldecote Hill, Hertfordshire.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Cobden Street - Robert Windle, aged 8 years, born Barnoldswick, son of James W. and Amelia Windle.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 34, York Street - Robert Windle, aged 18 years, born Barnoldswick. [Robert and his sister, Emily, were living with their sister, Ada and brother-in-law, Lawrence Carroll.]
Robert was married to Jane Boydell in 1914. Jane married Harry Lonsdale in 1920.
The British Army Service Record for Robert Windle exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Robert Windle, L/23996, R.F.A. Dead 29.11.19.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr Robert Windle, L/23996, R.F.A. Dead 29.11.19.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr Robert Windle, L23996, D/11 Bde. R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 29.11.18. 2 Aust. Gen. Hos. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Jane. £9 12s. 1d. Child - Gweenie, born 3.4.15. £24 18s. 1d. Daughter - Mrs Gweenie McConnell. £50 4s. 3d. Paid through Consul General, New York.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Robert. Names on card(s): Widow, Jane Windle, born 25.11.93. Daughter, Gweenie, born 3.4.15.
See also:
‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
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:
BARNOLDSWICK
WINDLE, Gunner Robert, aged 26 years, R.F.A., brother of Mrs. Lawrence Carroll, 34, York Street, died from pneumonia, France, Nov. 29, 1918.
WINDLE, Gunner Robert, R.F.A. died from pneumonia Nov. 29, 1918.
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Gunner Robert WINDLE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
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Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille
CWGC Headstone - [Personal inscription: ‘THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES STILL MEMORY CLINGS’]
Courtesy of Colin Chadwick, Harrogate
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06 December 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – BROTHERS DIE OF PNEUMONIA
Gunner Robert Windle, R.F.A., died in the 2nd Australian General Hospital, France, on November 29th, from pneumonia. The news came to his sister, Mrs. Lawrence Carroll, 34 York Street, on Tuesday, following a letter received a week earlier from a C.C.S. stating that Gunner Windle was improving nicely and that he was being removed to the base hospital. He was 26 years of age, and prior to enlisting in May 1915, was employed as head warehouseman by Messrs. R. Nutter and Co., Grove Shed, Earby.
His brother, ex-Private Fred Windle, Coldstream Guards, died of the same complaint (as previously reported) at his home, 10 Clayton Street, on November 11th, leaving a wife and four children. He had been discharged six months, having been wounded in France last year, and had spent nine months in hospital with a fractured skull.
13 December 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – BROTHERS DIE OF PNEUMONIA
We reproduce photographs of two Barnoldswick brothers, Gunner Robert Windle, R.F.A., and Ex-Private Fred Windle, Coldstream Guards, both of whom, as recorded in last week’s ‘Herald,’ died recently from pneumonia.
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27 December 1918
Barnoldswick Brothers Die of Pneumonia
Gunner Robert Windle, R.F.A., died in the 2nd Australian General Hospital, France, on November 29th, from pneumonia. The news came to his sister, Mrs. Lawrence Carroll, 34, York Street, on Tuesday, following a letter received a week earlier from a Casualty Clearing Station stating that Gunner Windle was improving nicely and that he was being removed to the base hospital. He was 26 years of age and prior to enlisting in May, 1915, was employed as head warehouseman by Messrs. R. Nutter & Co., Grove Shed, Earby.
His brother, ex-Pte. Fred Windle, Coldstream Guards, died of the same complaint (as previously reported) at his home, 19, Clayton Street, on November 11th, leaving a wife and four children. He had been discharged six months, having been wounded in France last year, and had spent nine months in hospital with a fractured skull.
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