241740 Cpl. Robert Roberts British Army 17th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers from:Menai Bridge, Anglesey As far as I can ascertain my father, Robert Roberts, was serving with the Denbighshire Yeomanry at the outbreak of WW1. At some point thereafter he became involved with 17th Royal Welsh Fusiliers and in September 1917 was reported as having been wounded in action.
He survived the war but never talked to me about his service nor the severe wound he suffered in combat. How I wish I could talk to him now about his experience, which I am fairly certain involved his presence at the Third Battle of Ypres.
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