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Robert Frederick East
1896 - 09/11/1916
Source: Bromley & District Times
Other Memorials: St Luke's Church, Bromley, Raglan Road School
Place of birth: Bromley, Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 58 Homesdale Road
Last known address in Bromley: 58 Homesdale Road
Military information
Regiment/Service: Grenadier GuardsBattalion/Ship: 1st Bn
Rank: Private
Number: 16728
Family information
Parents: George & Anne Elvina East (nee Woollard)Parents' occupation: Licensed Victualler
Siblings: Rose Annie, Wilfred Edwin, Dorothy, Half Siblings - George William, Ethel Louise, Fenn Alexander, Reginald Arthur (d)
Relatives on War Memorial: EAST, F.A.
Census information
1901Address: The Crown Inn, Chevening
1911
Address: 58 Homesdale Road
Extra details
Robert was the eldest of George and Anne East's four children. George had another four children from his first marriage to Sarah Ann Norris. Robert was baptised on 27th April 1896. George died in 1907 when Robert was 11. He attended Raglan Road School.
In 1913 Robert enlisted in the Grenadier Guards. He saw much fighting and was wounded at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, Loos in March 1915 and on another occasion, both times recovering to return to the Front. He was badly wounded at the Battle of the Somme in August 1916, dying at Birmingham Military Hospital in November. He received a full military funeral at St Luke's Church.
His half- brother Alec also died.
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