Rifleman R/13545 Robert HULME
10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifles Corps
Killed in Action, Sunday 6th August 1916, France, Age 25
Home address:
2a Burkitt Street, Godley, Hyde Cheshire
Born:
1891
Parents:
Jamima Hulme and Joseph Hulme
9 Cheapside, Hyde,, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Harriett Hulme (née Sutcliffe)
2a Burkitt Street, Godley, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Labourer, Planter's Works, Godley
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Hebuterne Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, plot I, row B, grave 7.
Link to Hyde:
Enlisted in Hyde
From the Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17th August 1916, page 2, column 7:
A well known local footballer, he played with Otto Monsted’s and the Hyde Club. He was killed on the night of August 6th by a splinter from a rifle grenade whilst digging a trench.