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Pte. Robert Roberts
British Army 6th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
(d.8th Oct 1916)
Robert Roberts served in the 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment and died on the 8th October 1916. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and at
His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
Robert was born in Jarrow 1890, son of Hugh and Alice Roberts. In the
1911 census, Robert(21) is single and an assistant Pork Butcher living at 31 Staple Road, Jarrow, home of Henry and Charlotte Abel (Germany Residents). His sister Alice(23) single, is also resident as a Domestic Servant.
In the 1901 census the family is living at 68 Stead Street, Jarrow with his mother Alice(52) widow, 5 children and 2 boarders. The 3 sons are Henry(25), John(23) both labourers in the shipyard and Robert(11) at school. The two daughters are Jessica(17) a domestic servant and Alice (13) at school. The boarders both work as labourers in the shipyard.