Private Robert Sharp Williamson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Williamson,
Robert Sharp
Date of birth: 1891-09-17
Place of birth: Rutherglen Glasgow Scotland
Next of kin: Margaret Williamson, Mother, 45 Queen Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-10-11
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, A. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 302749
Highest Rank:
Private
(20th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 20th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in the advance on Cambrai in the viucinity of the village of Escadoeuvres
Commemoration location: Rutherglen War Memorial, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 267918
LAC ID:
315562
Service file: B10416-S045
Uploader's Notes: Son of James and Margaret Williamson. Native of Airdrie, Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and the Rutherglen War Memorial. This man is on the CWGC site. Info also from the 20th Battalion war diary. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2007-01-06