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Robert Wright Gartshore cap badgePrivate Robert Wright Gartshore

1/4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Service No: 30363

Robert Wright Gartshore grave

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Personal details

Family Information

Eldest son of John Wright Gartshore (25/02/1866 - ) and Mary Robertson Gartshore (06/02/1871 - 1920) of 70c Henderson St, Coatbridge. From the 1901 Census - Address - Bogside Row, Coatbridge - John Gartshore aged 35, Mary Gartshore aged 30, Robert Gartshore aged 4, David Gartshore aged 2. Robert also had a sister Agnes (1904 - 1976). Robert's Pension was awarded to his mother Mary (May) on the 08/10/1918.

Born / Resided

Maryhill, Glasgow / 70c Henderson St, Coatbridge.

Died

Died of Wounds on the 29/03/1918 at the General Hospital in St. Omer. Wounds received at the right subsector, Givenchy sector during the German Spring Offensive 1918

Enlisted

Coatbridge 1916

Employed

with Messrs Barnes and Bell, Iron Merchants, Coatbridge.

Age

22

Buried / Remembered

Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (IV. F. 83), France.

Cemetery / Memorial Information

The cemetery takes its names from the triangular cemetery of the St. Omer garrison, properly called the Souvenir Cemetery (Cimetiere du Souvenir Francais) which is located next to the War Cemetery. The Commonwealth section of the cemetery contains 2,874 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (6 unidentified), with special memorials commemorating 23 men of the Chinese Labour Corps whose graves could not be exactly located. Second World War burials number 403, (93 unidentified). Within the Commonwealth section there are also 34 non-war burials and 239 war graves of other nationalities.

Additional Information

The Battalion arrived at Boulogne on the 04/05/1915 and were part of the 164th (North Lancashire) Brigade, 55th (West Lancashire) Division when Robert fell. The Division relieved 42nd (East Lancashire) Division in the front line at Givenchy and Festubert on the 15th of February. Here, it faced numerous strong enemy raids in March. Early April was at first much quieter: it was a lull before a storm. The 55th (West Lancashire) Division fought the Defence of Givenchy from the 9th - 17th April 1918. The Defence of Givenchy was to become the single most famous action that the Division fought. 'It was afterwards publicly stated by an Officer of the German General Staff that the stand made by the Division on April 9th and the days which followed marked the final ruination of the supreme German effort of 1918', says the Divisional History. Givenchy was eventually selected as the location of a fine memorial to the Division. Robert Died of Wounds received at the right subsector, Givenchy sector during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. SEE PHOTOS x 15 FOR THE BATTALION WAR DIARY MARCH 1918. Robert was formerly with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles - 26966). Robert had a brother David serving in Salonika at the time of his death. Robert's Grave photo donated by Mick McCann at britishwargraves.co.uk. He is buried in the same grave as Private Frederick Parkinson (240652) of the 2/5th Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) who Died on the 27/03/1918 aged 24. Robert is also remembered in the St. Augustine's Parish (book) Roll of Honour. See photos for Robert's Medal Index Card, another 2 photos of Robert's Grave, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Awards Rolls, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pension Record x 1, Robert's previous Regiment the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Cap Badge and the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Cap Badge. Finally, SEE PHOTOS x 6 FOR THE 55th (WEST LANCASHIRE) DIVISION BOOK GIVENCHY - FESTUBERT 1918, the 55th (West Lancashire) Division Order of Battle x 12 and Newspaper clippings x 4 (Coatbridge Express x 2, Coatbridge Leader x 1 and the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser x 1).

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War Diaries

The battalion War Diary is available on the National Archives website.

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