Private 4197 Robert Herbert MEARS

Private 4197 Robert Herbert Mears{gallery}Pte R H Mears{/gallery}13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 14th November 1916, aged 22

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial. Somme, France. Pier and Face 8C, 9A and 16A
Awarded British War and Victory Medals
Son of Dr Robert and Alice Mears
NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone and Atherstone Grammar School

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC Page for Private Mears
NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
Thiepval Memorial
Royal Fusiliers

Military, Census and Family History Information

Born Jan Qtr 1894 at Atherstone. Baptised 8 Apr 1894, mother named as Alice
Lived with his grandmother at 129 Long Street, Atherstone [1901]
Employed as a bank clerk; living as a boarder at 6 Tichborne Street, Leicester. [1911]
Enlisted 13 Jun 1916