In Memory Of
THORBURN, ROBERT BROWN
Service Details
Age:
39
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
4th Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
formerly 8th Infantry (Transvaal Scottish)
Date of Death:
1916-07-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II. G. 10.
Cemetery:
DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Son of James and Eliza Stark Brown Thorburn. Born at Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.
