Identity
Person No.
5972
Service No.
3100
Last Name
First Name
Robert
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Hannah Dowthwaite, of Eagle Hill, Olds, Alberta, Canada, and the late Joseph Dowthwaite. On Coniston War Memorial
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Robert DOWTHWAITE - 2nd SAI - Wounded, Recommended for DCM, Awarded Military Medal, Killed in action on the 12th April 1917"
Citations
LG Sup 16 November 1916
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Robert DOWTHWAITE - 2nd SAI - Wounded, Recommended for DCM, Awarded Military Medal, Killed in action on the 12th April 1917
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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