Basic Details
Surname
Rawlings
Forenames
Robert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
260083
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 6 St John's Street. It also records the death of his brother Alfred

(CWGC records that Private Robert Rawlings, regimental number 260083, died on 3/7/1918 serving in 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, and is buried in grave III.H.16 at Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension in Belgium. Robert's birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1880. His baptism on 25/7/1880 as the son of William and Harriet Rawlings was recorded in the Baptism registers of Peterborough St Mary's Church. On the 1891 census Robert was aged 10, living with his parents at Fitzwilliam Yard in City Road, Peterborough. On the 1911 census he was living with his parents at 6 St John's Street in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died from dysentery at Tournai and that his mother Harriet was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Yorks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
12th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Germany
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
July
Day of death
3
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds as a Prisoner of War in Germany
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
6 ST JOHNS STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial