In Memory Of

ROBERTS, BENJAMIN RICHARD

Service Details
Age:
 41
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 98th Field Amb.
Regiment:
 Royal Army Medical Corps
Date of Death:
 1916-07-30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot 1. Row H. Grave 23.
Cemetery:
 CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
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