Bolton Borough Coat of Arms from original Oxford Grove Council School Oxford Grove Council School, Bolton, Roll of Honour 1914-1919
 

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

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

 

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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