World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Robert William Green
Forename(s):
Robert William
Surname:
Green
Initial(s):
R W
Service Number:
206164
(N.B. Both 'Soldiers Died...' & CWGC website record Green's service number as shown but the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 used his former service number, 32471)
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch), Depot
(N.B. 'Soldiers Died' shows as Tank Corps)
Died:
05/06/1916
Aged:
34
Buried:
Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey
Service History:
Enlisted at Morpeth, Northumberland.
Formerly 32471, Machine Gun Corps.
Died at Bisley, Surrey. It's unclear if this was due to natural causes or to an accident, possibly during training.
Background:
Born at Chatton, Northumberland, the son of Mrs. Green, of South Moor, Berwick-upon-Tweed, & the late James Green.
Husband of Edith L. Green, of Eglingham, Alnwick, Northumberland.
Local Memorial:
Unknown