Private Robert Williams
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1887-10-01
Place of birth: Parton Cumberland
Next of kin: Mary J. Williams; wife; 533-B Maple Ave., Medicine Hat, Alberta
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 530063
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
- Private (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 4021801
LAC ID:
315349
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.
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: [Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 8 Field Ambulance Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship) ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2013-07-20