Private S/16142 Robert Arthur ROWLEY

Private S/16142 Robert Arthur Rowley{gallery}Pte R A Rowley{/gallery}7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
Killed in action in the Second Battle of Arras, France and Flanders, 7th May 1917, aged 22

• Buried: Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrell, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave Sp. Mem. E. 4
  
• Awarded: 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Edward and Harriet Rowley [nee Furnis]
• NNWFHS Memorials: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | St Nicolas Church | Vicarage Street School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Rowley
• Chili Trench Communal Cemetery
• Seaforth Highlanders

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 18 Nov 1894 and baptised 6 Jan 1895 at Nuneaton
• Attended Vicarage Street School
  
• Lived at 99 Wheat Street, Nuneaton [1901 & 1911]
  
• Employed as a plumber’s apprentice [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France on 26 Aug 1914