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Robert Wallace Sadler


Robert Wallace Sadler


CWGC:  (Robert Wallace Sadler)

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion

No. B/8136

Date of Death: 23rd October 1916

Age: 29

Buried: Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte

Additional Information: Son of Christina and the late John Sadler, 145 North Frederick Street, Glasgow.

SNWM:  (R. W. Sadler)

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd Battalion

No. B/8136

Place of Birth: Rutherglen

Date of Death: 23rd October 1916

Place of Death: France


SDGW:  (Robert Sadler)

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 2nd Battalion

No. B/8136

Place of Birth: Rutherglen

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 23rd October 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds


MIC:

Robert Sadler, Private/Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Scottish Rifles, No. B/8136. Died of Wounds

Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals


Soldiers’ Effects:

Robert Sadler, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Scottish Rifles, No: B/8136. Died of Wounds 23rd October 1916.

Mother Christina Y.


Daily Record, 30th October 1916. ‘Deaths on Service’

Sadler. On the 23rd October, died of wounds in France, Robert Wallace Sadler, Lance Corporal, Scottish Rifles, elder son of Mrs Sadler, 145 North Frederick Street, Glasgow


Sandymount Cemetery:

In loving memory of John Sadler who died 23rd May 1906 aged 51 years

His daughter Neilina Young who died 13th May 1890 aged 21 months

His son Robert Wallace who fell in action on the Somme

23rd October 1916 aged 29 years

His widow Christina MacDonald Young who died at Pittsburg, U.S.A.

16th August 1928 aged 67 years


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Robert W. Sadler, Lance Corporal, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 145 North Frederick Street.


1891 Census, Living at 136 Slatefield Street, Dennistoun

Father John Sadler, age 35, Sewing Machine Maker, born Glasgow

Mother Christina Sadler, age 30, born Glasgow

Children: Agnes Sadler, age 5, born Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire

Robert Sadler, age 4, born Rutherglen

William Sadler, age 1, born Glasgow


1901 Census, Living at 40 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun

Mother Christina Sadler, age 40, Living on Own Means, born Glasgow

Children: Agnes Sadler, age 15, Student of Music, born Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire

Robert Sadler, age 13, Scholar, born Rutherglen

William Sadler, age 11, Scholar, born Glasgow

Jenny Sadler, age 8, Scholar, born Glasgow

Jeanie Sadler, age 6, Scholar, born Glasgow

Christina Sadler, age 2, born Glasgow