Robert Menzies Steele
Birth 5 March 1878 Death 21st Jan 1917 Pte.Cheshire Regiment
Service #46025
| GRO Ref | |
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| Place of Birth | Plumpton,Penrith,Cumbria |
| Residence at Enlistment | George Street, Whitehaven |
| Residence (Roll of Honour) | 160 Ennerdale Road , Cleator Moor |
| Residence 1911 Census | |
| School(s) Attended | |
| Religion/Church Attended | Presbyterian |
| Organisation Membership | |
| Employment/Trade | Insurance salesman |
| Place of Work | Whitehaven |
| Family (Parents and Grandparents) | Inspector James Steele & late Charlotte Steele living at Cleator Moor |
| Siblings | James, Thomas, Janet |
| Wife's Name and Maiden Name | Jane Steele (Nee Thompson ) |
| Remarriage of Widow | 1922 |
| Children's Christian Name(s) | Charlotte Menzies Steele |
| Family Connection to Roll of Honour |
| Regiment at Enlistment | Cheshire Regiment |
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| Battalion at Enlistment | 20th |
| Rank at Enlistment | Pte. |
| Naval Vessels Served | |
| Service Number at Enlistment | 46025 |
| Date of Enlistment | |
| Place of Enlistment | |
| Other Regiment | |
| Other Battalion | |
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| Date of Transfer to other Regiment | |
| Service Facts | He is believed to have died on the day he reported sick at the field hospital in Gezaincourt. His personal belongings were returned to his wife by a friend who was with him when he died. |
| Battalion Diary or Nautical Facts |
| Age at Death | 38 |
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| Date of Death | 21st Jan 1917 |
| Regiment at Death | Cheshire Regiment |
| Battalion/Vessel at Death | 20th |
| Rank at Death | Pte |
| Circumstances of Death | Died of Illness ( Influenza) |
| Service Number at Death | 46025 |
| Field of Action at Death | France |
| Place of Death | Gezaincourt, Picardie, |
| Battle at Death | |
| Grave/Memorial Image | No image. |
| Location of Grave/Memorial | GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION |
| Grave Position | II. E. 15. |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35648/steele,-robert-menzies/ |
| Grave/Memorial Country | |
| Private Memorial | Robert is recorded on his father’s gravestone in the cemetery at St Johns Church Cleator Moor and on the War Memorial in the churchyard |
| Notes | Roberts father James Steele was Inspector of Police in Cleator Moor in the pre war era . Robert was well-known as a strong swimmer who used to swim between the two piers in Whitehaven. He also rowed in the Towns lifeboat |
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