Robert Henry – Bird – Great Eastern Railway – Deck Hand – 05/06/1918
Title
Robert Henry – Bird – Great Eastern Railway – Deck Hand – 05/06/1918
Initials / forenames
Robert Henry
Surname
Bird
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Naval Reserve, HMML '16'
Military rank
Deck Hand
Military number
3046
Railway department
Yarmouth
Railway job
Carman
Date died
05/06/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway staff magazine, October 1918, p202
Memorial
Dunkirk Town Cemetery
Notes
Age 27, the son of Peter & Naomi Bird; husband of Eleanor Maud Bird of 6 West Road, Maygrove, Great Yarmouth. Joined the GER in October 1910. Enlisted in the Royal Naval Reserve on 5 Oct 1915. Reported as having been drowned at sea.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)
Date entered
10/10/2016
Last updated
10/10/2016
Citation
“Robert Henry – Bird – Great Eastern Railway – Deck Hand – 05/06/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 13, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61078.