Lieutenant R C A Appleby of Norton Road, Wokingham.
Robert Appleby. Died 28 June 1916.
Lieutenant Robert Appleby was married and lived with his wife lived at 10 Barkham Road. Sadly the following information is all we know so far about Robert:
Service records tell us he was a Lieutenant in the Royal Scots, 1st Battalion attached to the 3rd Battalion, but subsequent information also tells us he died serving in France. As the 3rd Bn did not serve in France, it is possible he served another Battalion without his records updated. We assume he was a regular Army officer as in 1911 a Robert Appleby was a Lance Corporal in this regiment. He died on 28th June 1916 and is buried in Vermelles.
A small article in the Reading Standard on 22 July 1916, reports Robert’s death from wounds he received during the battle of Vermelles. A note to his wife (reported as then living in Norton Road ) from a fellow officer says; “he was a gallant officer, a gentleman and every inch a soldier”.
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