Commemorated: | |||
Awards & Titles: | Distinguished Conduct Medal | ||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Canadian Regiment |
| Action : Post War |
Post War includes all operations in all theatres up to 31st August 1921. This excludes the campaign in Russia against the Bolsheviks. It also includes men who succombed to wounds post war and who died from various causes whilst still in the services but post war.
Detail :
Service Numbers: 9821/9151 and 477782
Unit: Royal Canadian Regiment, and
Former Service: 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Buried: Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
Robert James Roberts – Robert Roberts was born on 1 March 1886 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He served two years and 301 days in the 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment in England prior to coming to Canada in 1907. He was a Gardener by trade, and enlisted in The Royal Canadian Regiment on 23 August 1915 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His address upon discharged on 28 May 1920 was the “RCR Regt, Halifax, NS.” He died on Phthisis on 24 April 1921. His parents are David and Sarah Roberts, 32 Kirkham Lane, Blackburn, Lancashire, England.
“477782 C./S./M. R. J. Roberts, R. Can. R. - For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has performed consistent good work throughout, and has at all times set a splendid example.” Reference: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 13 FEBRUARY, 1917
He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Royal Standard No. 398 E.C. | Montreal & Halifax |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
13th January 1914 | 10th February 1914 | 24th February 1914 |
The names of those brethren who fell are taken from the monument formerly located in the foyer of the Masonic Hall on Barrington Street, which now resides in the banquet room of the Masonic Hall on Coronation Avenue in Halifax, NS. (He is referred to as “Robert John Roberts” on the Halifax Freemason’s Hall memorial)
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