216993 Lt. Robert Bernard British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers from:32 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin (d.26th Apr 1915) Lieutenant Robert Bernard was born on December 20th 1891 in Dublin. He was the second son of the Most Reverend and Right Honourable John Henry Bernard, D.D. (Lord Bishop of Dublin), and his wife, Maud, of Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin. In his youth he was educated at Arnold House in Llandulas, Wales, and also at Marlborough College in Wiltshire. He received his training at The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Berkshire.
From August to November 1914 he served in India with the Fusiliers at Mimednai-ar and Madras. On November 12th 1913 he was promoted from 2nd Lieutenant to Lieutenant. A year later on November 16th he embarked on SS Malda at Bombay and sailed in a large convoy headed for England. On March 16th 1915 he embarked on SS Ausonia at Avonmouth, Bristol, for transport to the Dardenelles.
Lieutenant Bernard was aged 23 when he was killed in action at Gallipoli. Whilst he was leading his men in a bayonet charge in the village of Sedd-el-Bahr he was shot at from someone in one of the houses. He is remembered in V Beach Cemetery, Turkey on Special Memorial A.
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