Service Details
Name:
 ROBERTS
Given Name:
 BENJAMIN RICHARD
Initials:
 B R
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Army Medical Corps
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Unit:
 98th Field Amb.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-30
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Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of George Burchell Roberts and Jemima Roberts, of Athlone, Co. West Meath. Before the war he resided in Johannesburg, where he was a medical officer of the South African Railways. He was educated at Queen's College, Galway, and Edinburgh University. After taking part in the Boer War he settled in the Transvaal. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 1. Row H. Grave 23.

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