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Histories» Show All «Prev «1 ... 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 ... 161» Next» » Slide Show Robert Learmouth Sandeman (1891 - 1916) The story of Robert who died within days of the end of the Battle of the Somme when he was killed by a German prisoner he was guarding.
Ten years later in 1901, Robert and the family had moved to Drummond Street, Muthill (photo of their house on the right). There were now seven siblings, including two under three. It must have been cramped to say the least ! Robert worked at the Carluke Steam Laundry as a boilerman, fireman, stoker. Presumably it was there that he met his wife, Catherine Pearson, who he married in 1911. They had a son and a daughter, also called Catherine, before he left for the War. We know from the publication "Soldiers Died in the Great War" that he was residing in Carluke, just before he enlisted in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He was just 25 when Robert died on the Somme on 15 November 1916 ...... just three days before the battle ended due to the winter weather. It is conjecture but The Battle of Ancre was taking place on the Somme between 13th and 18th November during which the German fortress at Beaumont Hamel was captured, and it may have been some of the 7,000 prisoners taken as a result of this offensive which Robert was guarding. The Commonwealth War Grave at The Thiepval Memorial says :
Rank: Lance Serjeant Service No: 13194 Date of Death: 15/11/1916 Regiment/Service: Scots Guards 2nd Bn. Panel Reference Pier and Face 7 D. Memorial THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
For an excellent synopsis of The 1916 Battle of the Somme see this link.
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