The Worcesters Going to War
Robert Hambleton. Died 9 June 1918
Robert Alfred was born in Wokingham in 1889 the son of Alfred and Sarah Jane (Anderson). They lived in Mount Pleasant in 1901 and Alfred was a labourer in the brickyard.
By 1911 Robert and his elder sister Gladis had been joined by siblings, David, Oliver, Lily and Mary and the family now lived at 29 Havelock Road.
Robert enlisted in Wokingham into the 2/8th battalion Worcestershire Regiment ( number 43734) and was killed on 9th June 1918 in the St Venant area of France. he is buried in St Vennant Road Cemetery