Name
Position on Roll
Rank
Service Number
Unit
Place of birth
Date of birth
Enlisted
Place of death
Date of death
Age at death
Where buried
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Warburton, Robert
C5-04
Rifleman
S/6922
4th Bn Rifle Brigade
Bolton, Lancashire
1893
December 1914
Belgium
9 May 1915
22
Not Known - listed on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
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SOLDIER REPORTED MISSING
Another Bolton man, Robert Warburton, of the Rifle Brigade has been reported missing since the 9th of May. Previous to enlisting he resided at 18, Battenberg-rd., and was employed at Messrs. Walker’s Tannery, Bark-st. He enlisted early in December, and he had been at the front only a fortnight when he went missing. Warburton, who is 22 years old, was well known in local football circles, being the captain of Bridge-st Wesleyan Football Club. He has another brother serving with the 6th L.N.L.
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