Private 16942 Robert Appleton
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 7th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 18/07/15
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 4th of July 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Gordon Dump Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle - X. H. 9.
BMD details:
Marriage: 05/09/1914 Robert APPLETON to Mary ORMROD at Parr St Peter's. The couple had one child - Annie Leah b 18/03/1915 at Prescot.
Family details:
Next-of-kin and address at enlistment: Mrs Mary Appleton (wife), 29 Charnwood Street, Parr, St Helens.
Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Robert is living at 7 Taylors Row, Sutton, St Helens with parents Robert - a chemical labourer (40), Lydia (39) and five siblings: Matilda (16), [cas=34]James[/cas] (14), Eleanor (13), Sarah A (11), Lydia (9). Boarding at the address is Betsy Burrows (21). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Miner - Haulage Hand' Robert and his widowed father Robert - a chemical labourer (50) boarding at 79 Charnwood Street, Parr, St Helens with William Foster (38) and his wife Alice Ann Foster (38). Also boarding at the address are Thomas Kent (39), his wife Ellen Kent (36) and their two children: Alice Kent (7), Ernest Kent (5).
Notes:
[note=129]Two Appleton brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Roberts brothers in law [cas=871]James Richard Ormrod[/cas] and [cas=872]Matthew Ormrod[/cas] also died in The Great War. [url=lmem.php?lmem=13]Also Remembered On Parr St Peters War Memorial[/url]
[note=129]Two Appleton brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Roberts brothers in law [cas=871]James Richard Ormrod[/cas] and [cas=872]Matthew Ormrod[/cas] also died in The Great War. [url=lmem.php?lmem=13]Also Remembered On Parr St Peters War Memorial[/url]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Robert_Appleton_16942.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Robert Appleton at
Gordon Dump Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle
(Photo courtesy of Ste M)[/caption]
