Sapper 428390 Robert Stevenson Black

(Photo courtesy of Robert's nephew Colin Black)

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 423rd West Lancs Field Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: Sapper (T)6634, R.E.

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 2nd of April 1918 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Chocques Military Cemetery - I. P. 11.

Family details:
Son of Agnes Black, of 101, Corporation St., St. Helens, Lancs, and the late James Black. Mother Agnes is legatee.

Census details:
1901 - 2 years old Robert S is living at 78 Rigby Street, St Helens with his parents James S (33), Agnes (26) and sister Agnes M (1). 1911 - Sees 12 years old schoolboy Robert S living at 64 Claughton Street, St Helens with his parents James S (39), Agnes (34) and two siblings Walter (5), Janet (10mths).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=23]Remembered on the Tolver Street Presbyterian War Memorial[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/black001.jpg[/pic][caption]Photo sourced by Valerie Stead[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/428390RobertStevensonBlack.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/428390BlackRS.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Sapper Robert Stevenson Black at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/RS_Black_RE.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Sapper Robert Stevenson Black at Chocques Military Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption] [center][pic2]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/TFWM-1.png[/pic2][/center][caption]Sapper Robert Stevenson Black was awarded the Territorial Forces War Medal[/caption]