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Pte. Robert William Harney
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.28th May 1918)
Robert William Harney who died age 21 was born in Jarrow in 1896. He was the son of Jemima Harney (nee Onions) of 5 South Street Jarrow and the late Michael S. Harney. Robert William Harney age 14 Newsboy is with his mother Jemima Harney and family at 7 South Street, Jarrow on the 1911 census.
Robert is buried in Hermonville Military Cemetery and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (plaque on west face) and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.