Robert Lonsdale

Rank:PrivateNumber:14996
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:09th Bn
Name of Rgt or Ship:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Rgt)
Died:05/07/1916Age:18
How Died:Killed in Action
Country of burial:France
Cemetery or Memorial:Thiepval Memorial, Somme
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born during the December quarter 1897 in the Altrincham R.D. - ref: 8a/172,
the son of Reuben & Ada A. Lonsdale (nee Bell).

1901 Census - 14 Palmer Street, Sale.   Son - aged: 3 - born: Sale.   Head
of household - Reuben Lonsdale - Married - aged: 35 - occ: Journeyman
Tailor - born: Manchester.   Also - Ada A. Lonsdale - Wife - aged: 30 -
born: Sale.   Plus 3 siblings and 1 lodger.

His father died in 1905, aged: 38.

1911 Census - Albert Memorial Industrial School, Corporation Road,
Birkenhead.     Inmate - Scholar - aged: 13 - born: Sale.   His mother was
residing at Orchard Place, Timperley, the home of her daughter and
son-in-Law - aged: 41 - occ: Charwoman - born: Sale.

MIC - Posted to France on the 15th July 1915.

Commemorated on he family gravestone in Sale Cemetery - J.2465.

Pension Records - Dependant - Mother - Mrs. Lonsdale, 5 Anson Street,
Hulme.   Address crossed out and 9 Birch Avenue, Brooklands, Sale.  
Awarded a weekly pension of 5/- w.e.f. the 6th November 1918.
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