Private 58117 Robert JACKLIN
1st/4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Drowned, Friday 4th May 1917, at sea, Age 19
Home address:
31 Ridling Lane, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1898, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Sarah Jacklin and Robert Jacklin
35 Haughton Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Cotton Operative
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Savona Memorial, Savona, Liguria, Italy, panel 2.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
Robert JACKLIN was one of 412 who drowned when the SS Transylvania sank after being torpeoed by U-boat U-63 near the Isola di Bergeggi, in the Gulf of Genoa, while carrying troops from Marseille to Alexandria.