We remember Robert Buchanan Wilkes Gosse

We remember Robert Buchanan Wilkes Gosse

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Timeline

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1889
birth Stone, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:8626209 19th May 1889
1901
education Yarlet Hall Yarlet, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:8626209 1901
1908
education Dunstable Grammar School Dunstable, Bedfordshire United Kingdom Source:8626209 1908
1911
employment Bank Clerk Ecceshall, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:8626209 1911 - 1915
1914
service British Army Serjeant 9323 South Staffordshire Regiment Source:8626209 14th September 1914 - 5th September 1915
1914
enlistment Ecceshall, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:8626209 18th September 1914
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:1397174 3rd March 1915 - 1st April 1917
1915
commission Regular Source:8626209 5th September 1915
1915
service British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment Source:8626209 30th September 1915 - September 1916
1916
service British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment cheshire regiment attached 1/6th Battalion Source:8626209 September 1916 - 1st April 1917
1917
death Died of wounds Robert was severely wounded by shellfire when leading his company into action and died later in the 1/1 South Midland Field Ambulance, a mobile medical unit. Near Peronne, Picardie France Source:7198138 Source:8626209 1st April 1917
burial Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Source:7198138

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Robert Buchanan Wilkes
Initials RBW
Last Name Gosse
Source 1397174
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 9323 South Staffordshire Regiment Serjeant
British Army Cheshire Regiment cheshire regiment attached 1/6th Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army Cheshire Regiment Second Lieutenant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Gosse nee Hall mother
Dr. Hope Wilkes Gosse father

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

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