We remember Robert Stewart Smylie

We remember Robert Stewart Smylie

Timeline

Timeline

1874
birth King's Norton, Worcestershire United Kingdom Source:5589142 1874
1903
marriage Beatrice Mary Comfort Source:5633162 1903
1905
children Mary Stewart Smylie Source:5615738 1905
1908
children Elizabeth Stewart Smylie Source:5615738 1908
1911
dates Age 36 Source:5615738 1911
1911
employment Headmaster Sudbury Grammar School Source:5615738 1911
1914
dates Age 40 Source:5545117 1914
1915
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:4180163 23rd September 1915
employment Teacher Sudbury Grammar School Source:5545117
service British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion attached to 1st Battalion Source:5680786
1916
death Killed in Action Longueval France Source:7310572 Source:4180163 Source:5545117 14th July 1916
burial Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Source:7310572

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Robert Stewart
Initials RS
Last Name Smylie
Source 4180163
First Names Robert Stewart
Initials RS
Last Name Smylie
Source 4180163
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion attached to 1st Battalion 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
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Stewart Smylie daughter 1905
Elizabeth Stewart Smylie daughter 1908
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Beatrice Mary Comfort wife 1903

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Charlotte33
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Charlotte33
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Charlotte33
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription Charlotte33
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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BBC World War One At Home feature on Robert Smylie Charlotte33
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record Charlotte33
Items belonging to Robert Smylie in IWM Collections Charlotte33

Multimedia

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Letter from Stewart Smylie Adrian23579
Letter from Stewart Smylie to erstwhile pupil Adrian23579

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