Private 352395 Robert Hurst

Private Robert Hurst

Regiment/Unit: Manchester Regiment - 23rd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 17973, Manchester Regiment. 4963, Manchester Regiment.

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 24th of October 1917 (Wednesday)
Born: Atherton, Lancs
Resided: Billinge, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.

Census details:
1901 - 2 years old Robert is living at 21, Longshaw Common, Billinge with widowed father John (44) and and five siblings: John (20), George (18), James (16), Thomas (14), Joseph (10). 1911 - Sees 12 years old schoolboy Robert living at 23 Longshaw Common, Billinge with widowed father John (54) and four siblings: John (30), Thomas (23), Joseph (20), Annie (18).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Robert_Hurst.png[/pic] [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information Courtesy of The Billinge History Society[/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/HurstR_Mancs.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Tyne Cot Memorial bearing the inscription for Private Robert Hurst (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]