Ref ID: 51646309593
Name
Robert Hands.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Private Robert Hands.
Life Story
Name: Robert John Hands.
Service Number: 10892.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
Born: 20th February 1893, Shankill, Belfast.
Died: 15th May 1915.
Address: 58 Westland Street, Belfast
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Robert John Hands, son of Robert and Annie Hands, lived at 58 Westland Street, Shankill, Belfast
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The 1911 Ireland Census has Robert living at 58 Westland Street, Shankill, Belfast with his mother, four sisters, Sarah, 23 years, occupation, Printer, Martha Jane, 20 years, Hem Stitcher, Annie Elizabeth, 15 years, Printer, Victoria, 9 years, and brother Augustus Brush, 13 years. Roberts occupation at this time is given as Butcher
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Robert signed the Ulster Covenant on the 28th of September 1912, Ulster Day within Bellevue Street Hall, Shankill Road
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Robert joined the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 23rd August 1914.
Robert was a Private in 1st Battalion Kings Own, Royal Lancaster Regiment, when he was Killed In Action 15th May 1915 aged 22 years
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A local newspaper states
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Mrs Hands, 58 Westland Street, Belfast, has received official notification that her son, Robert, of the 1st Battalion Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, was killed in action on the 15th ult. Deceased had two years service, and was stationed at Dover when the war was declared. Robert was eldest of Mr R Hands, now serving at the front with the Cheshire Regiment
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Roberts Soldiers Effects were left to his mother.
A Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his mother as claimant also
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See father also: 11994 Robert Hands 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment.
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Robert received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914 Star
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He is Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1915
Classification
Newspaper, Photograph, - Belfast Telegraph, Ballymena Weekly Telegraph
