Identity
Person No.
3353
Service No.
693
Last Name
First Name
Robert William
Initials
R W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Struck by lightning while riding his bicycle on a ration run between Gommiecourt and Ervilliers, France
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Robert S. and Annie Carbutt, of Shrewsbury; husband of C. A. A. Carbutt, of Haughton Roden, Wellington, Salop. His brother died in service in December 1914
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY I. B. 22.. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (World War 1 1914-1918 Gunner RW Carbutt) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
World War 1 1914-1918 Gunner RW Carbutt
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
CROISILLES BRITISH CEMETERY I. B. 22.
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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