Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery Wancourt | ||
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.128 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 1B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Sir William and Lady Lancaster, of Putney; husband of Clare B. Lancaster, of 16, St. Petersburgh Place, London. Printer (1902).Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 7th Battalion The Norfolk Regiment |
7th (Service) Battalion Formed at Norwich in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 35th Brigade in 12th (Eastern) Division. 31 May1915 : landed at Boulogne |
| Action : The Arras Offensive and associated actions |
9 April - 16 June 1917. The Arras Offensive consisted of a series of linked attacks starting with the Anglo Canadian assault on the dominant Vimy Ridge feature through the battles in the Scarpe River valley and up to the assaults on the Hindenburg line in the summer of 1917.
Detail :
THE CARPENTERS’ COMPANY ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1918 "Robert Lancaster Lieutenant Robert Lancaster died in action in France on 28 April 1917 aged 36. He was born in 1880, the son of Liveryman Sir William and Lady Lancaster of Putney. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Leipzig University before returning to England to work in the City. He became a Freeman of the Company in 1903 and a Liveryman in 1905. He married Clare Manger in 1906 and their only child Osbert Lancaster became a well-known cartoonist and Master of the Company in 1973. Robert Lancaster joined the 7th Battalion Norfolk Regiment which served on the Western Front from May 1915 as part of the 35th Brigade in the 12th (Eastern) Division. On 9-10 April 1917 the Battalion took part in the Battle of Arras, successfully taking gun-pits and trenches close to the FuechyWancourt road. The battalion returned to Arras for training and reorganisation and returned to the front line trenches at Monchy Wood on the 25 April. Three days later the battalion was part of an attack to capture rifle trenches and consolidate an advance line, but was held back by machine gun fire and uncut wire. Lieutenant Robert Lancaster was killed in this action on 28 April. He is buried at the Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt."
See also Carpenters Company Roll of Honour.
Citations & Commemorations :
A memorial inside the building of St. John the Evangelist, Notting Hill, London shows "To the Glory of God and in Loving Remembrance of Robert Lancaster Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment Third Son of Sir William Lancaster and the late Sarah Harriot his Wife of Putney Hill Sometime Churchwarden of this Church who fell in the Battle of Arras 28th April 1917"Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of Emulation No. 21 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
20th October 1902 | 17th November 1902 | 16th December 1902 |
Senior Warden. The contribution record of the lodge shows "Killed in action Apl 4 1917"
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley