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Robert Erskine Atwell
Rank: | Lieutenant |
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Street: | Glenart Road |
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Town/Village: | Blackrock, Dublin |
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Alternative Address: | Removed from database |
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Regiment/Unit: | Connaught Rangers. 4th Battalion, attached to Royal Irish Rifles at time of death |
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Date of Death: | 02-09-1918 |
Cause: | Killed in action |
Memorial: | Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belguim |
Information: | Robert was born Robert Erskin Atwell on 26 October 1882 on 35 Strand Road, Sandymount. He was KIA at Neuve-Église, Belgium on 2 Sep 1918 (not 2 Aug 18)
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Parents Names: | Son of Sarah Margretta (née Sterling), of 10 Braid Hills Rd. Edinburgh, and Richard Atwell, late of Blackrock, Co. Dublin. |
Notes: | His father, Richard Atwell was born c.1852 in Carrickclasy (Carrigglass?), Longford. It is not certain if Robert ever spent any appreciable time in Longford. Many thanks to Peter Power-Hayes for the information on Robert. |
Links: | Link to CWGC entry; link to Civil Record of Birth; |
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