Robert G – Cole – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 26/04/1917

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Title

Robert G – Cole – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 26/04/1917

Initials / forenames

Robert G

Surname

Cole

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Royal Engineers, Railway Operating Division

Military rank

Sapper

Military number

266022

Railway department

Locomotive Dept. Bristol

Railway job

Wagon repairer's assistant,

Date died

26/04/1917

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway staff magazine July 1917 p141. Photo: Sept. 1917 p183

Memorial

Calais Southern Cemetery

Notes

Aet 24, the son of William and Emma Jane Cole of Bristol

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)

Date entered

26/07/2017

Last updated

26/07/2017

Citation

“Robert G – Cole – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 26/04/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 10, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/58852.