Private Robert Williams

Name: Williams, Robert

Religion: Baptist

Date of death: 1918-06-27

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Panel 2.

Final Rank: Private (H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship))

Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86

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LAC ID: 315349

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B10403-S029

Uploader's Notes: Son of James and Elizabeth Williams, of 27 William St., Workington, Cumberland, England. Husband of Mary J. Williams, of 1406 Miffin St., Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.

Uploader's Research notes: Son of James and Elizabeth Williams, of 27 William St., Workington, Cumberland, England. Husband of Mary J. Williams, of 1406 Miffin St., Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.