207206 Pte. Robert Casey British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers from:Housewife Lane, Stockton on Tees, Co Durham My Grandad Robert Casey was born in Stockton on Tees, Co Durham 1895, he worked as a Heaters Lad (Rivetters) with Ropners & Sons on the rRiver Tees, in 1912 he joined the army in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd Battalion special reserve. At the out-break of the Great War, Robert was sent to join the 2nd Battalion with the BEF, 4 weeks after they landed in France in 1914. For reasons not known to me, my Grandad Robert at some time ended up back at the depot hospital Berwick upon Tweed, then he was sent with the 1st Battalion to Gallopli, he was there until campaign was over, then he was sent back into France for the Somme Offensive. On the 1st day of the Battle my Grandad fell badly wounded with bullet & shrapnel wounds to his left leg, many months in hospitals followed, operations and much probing of his wounds, until Grandad said enough, he was discharged from the K.O.S.B 1918. His medals indicate he was one of those men who would become known as the Old Contemtables. The wounds he received on the Somme that day would lead to his early death in 1939, a year before he died Grandad Robert applied to join the Old Contemtables Association and was accepted. We, his grandchildren never got to see or know our Grandad, no photo survived so we don't know what he looked like, I have spent many hours trying to find if any photos existed but no luck so far, in the last 2 years I have been doing my Casey ancestry and discovered we, have lots of Casey relations up in Scotland and Glasgow in particular, always hoped my Grandad being so close to the border might have went and visited relatives and had a photo taken. Perhaps some one reading this might have a Casey connection or a relative who served in the K.O.S.B with Grandad Robert? I still believe in miracles and hope a photo of Grandad Robert will turn up.
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