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02273 |
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Robert Ross enlisted in Belfast. |
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The 1901 census lists Robert as age 15 living with the family at house 12 in Brewery or New Street, Castleblayney, County Monaghan. His father was a Railway Station Master for the Great North Railway. |
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By the time of the 1911 census, Robert no longer lived with the family, who were now living at Linview Street in Belfast. |
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Family: Robert Ross, Julia Ross, Edith Maude Ross (born about 1885), Robert Stewart Ross (born about 1886), Albert Reginald Ross (born about 1895), Myrtle Olive Ross (born about 1898) , William Gordon Ross (born about 1903). |
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Robert worked at Gunning’s Factory at Millburn in Cookstown. He is listed on the Gunning’s Factory Memorial. |
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‘No more we’ll clasp thy loving hand, |
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Nor hear the voice now stilled, |
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Till we reach the land where you’ll proudly stand, |
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Robert Ross was the son of Robert and Julia Ross. Robert was born in Dundalk about 1886. |
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Inserted by his loving aunt, S E Barfoote |
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Lance Corporal Robert Ross was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve-Chapelle on 11th March 1915. |
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Lance Corporal Ross has no known grave and is commemorated on panel 42-43 at Le Touret Memorial, France. |
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On his anniversary in 1916 his aunt, Sara E Barfoote from Lissan, inserted a memorial notice in the local paper. |
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The CWGC record Lance Corporal Ross as the son of Robert and Julia Ross, of 20 Linview Street, Grosvenor Road, Belfast. |
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From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 11th March 1916: |
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ROSS – Killed in action, at Neuve Chapelle, on 11 March 1915, Corporal R Ross. |
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‘Midst earth’s heroes – in action killed.’ |
