Airman 1st Class 6728 Robert Lester Fairless
Regiment/Unit: Royal Flying Corps - 4th Sqdn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 11th of August 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Perth Cemetery China Wall - II. E. 42.
Family details:
Son of Robert Lester Fairless and Mary Fairless, of 164, Peter St., St. Helens.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Robert Lester is living at 23, Hope Street, St Helens with parents Robert L (26), Mary (30) and brother William (1). 1911 - 13 years old schoolboy Robert Lester is living at 164, Peter Street, St Helens with parents Robert L (36), Mary (40) and four siblings William (11), Cecil (8), Lawrence (6), Eric James (2).
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Fairless_RL_6728_RFC.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/FairlessRobL.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/R_L_Fairless_RFC.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Airman 1st Class Robert Lester Fairless at Perth Cemetery (China Wall)
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
