{"id":98,"date":"2016-11-04T18:17:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/?p=98"},"modified":"2016-11-04T18:17:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:17:25","slug":"roberts-harold-richard-1891-1916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/11\/04\/roberts-harold-richard-1891-1916\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberts, Harold Richard (1891-1916)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harold was born in 1891 in the parish of St Peter’s, Rochester, when his family were living in Burritt Street, Rochester<\/a>. Harold was the youngest son of Samuel and Fanny E.H. Roberts, who at the time of his death were living at 142 Rochester Avenue. \u00a0At some point between the 1891 and 1901 Censuses, Samuel appears to have left working as a joiner at the Chatham Dockyard in favour of moving the family to Caterham in Surrey, where he worked as an engine fitter. In the 1911 Census Harold was already registered as living at the guards’ depot in Caterham Barracks<\/a>, having enlisted in March that year, whilst his family had returned to Rochester. In 1911, Samuel and Fanny were recorded as having 8 children together, one of whom was still living with them – Percy Godfrey, who was 21 and working as a boiler maker at the Chatham Dockyard. Samuel was also back at the Dockyard, working as a ship’s joiner. \u00a0Harold appears to have had an older brother, also called Harold.<\/p>\n

Harold was a Sergeant in the Grenadier Guards regiment. 2nd<\/sup> Battalion<\/a>. His regiment number was 15166. Harold was killed in battle in the France and Flanders battle on 29th<\/sup> April 1916. He is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, France. His page on Every Man Remembered can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1911 Census: Class: RG14<\/em>; Piece: 3270<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census<\/em> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.<\/p>\n

Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911<\/em>. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911.<\/p>\n

FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915<\/em> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.<\/p>\n

Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes<\/em>. London, England: General Register Office. \u00a9 Crown copyright.<\/p>\n

Samuel Roberts:<\/p>\n

1891 Census Class: RG12<\/em>; Piece: 657<\/em>; Folio: 79<\/em>; Page: 67<\/em>; GSU roll: 6095767<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ancestry.com. 1891 England Census<\/em> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.<\/p>\n

Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891<\/em>. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

1911 Census\u00a0Class: RG14<\/em>; Piece: 3894<\/em>; Schedule Number: 242<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census<\/em> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.<\/p>\n

Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911<\/em>. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samantha Stevens, 2016<\/p>\n

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