Robert H W – Durant – Great Western Railway – Private – 04/10/1915
Title
Robert H W – Durant – Great Western Railway – Private – 04/10/1915
Initials / forenames
Robert H W
Surname
Durant
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 8th Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
3138
Railway department
Goods Department, Poplar
Railway job
Vanguard
Date died
04/10/1915
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine January 1916, p15. Photo: February 1916, p53
Memorial
Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery
Notes
Aged 17. Durant had been in the GWR service from September 1912. He was wounded at Loos on the 25th of September 1915 and died shortly after.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
03/05/2017
Last updated
03/05/2017
Citation
“Robert H W – Durant – Great Western Railway – Private – 04/10/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 17, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/57108.