Robert Featherstone b. 1891 Harthill, Yorkshire (Dec 1891 Worksop NTT 7b 40) d. 20 Jul 1916 France: Featherstone One Name Study


Robert Featherstone[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1891 - 1916  (25 years)


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  • Name Robert Featherstone  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6
    Born 1891  Harthill, Yorkshire (Dec 1891 Worksop NTT 7b 40) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 10 Jan 1892  All Hallows, Harthill, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • son of William + Jane Featherstone
    Residence 1901  Dishwell Lane, Harthill, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • age 9; relationship to head: son
    Residence 1911  Harthill, nr Sheffield, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • age 19; relationship to head: brother
    Residence 1915  Harthill, nr Sheffield, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • age 24
    _MILT 1915  [1
    • age 24; Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment; Regiment Number: 23369
    Died 20 Jul 1916  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • birth registration index Robert Featherstone Dec 1891 Worksop NTT 7b 40

      Baptism solemnized in the Parish of Harthill in the County of York in the Year 1892
      Jany 10th Robert son of William + Jane Featherstone of Harthill miner

      1911 census RG14/20253
      Harthill, nr Sheffield, Yorkshire
      William Featherstone head 38 single coal miner hewer colliery company Yorks, Harthill
      Lilian Featherstone sister 31 single domestic work Yorks, Harthill
      Florence Featherstone sister 29 domestic work Yorks, Harthill
      Lucy Jane Featherstone sister 26 elementary school teacher council school Yorks, Harthill
      Bertram Featherstone brother 24 single grocers assistant Cooperative Society Yorks, Harthill
      Robert Featherstone brother 19 single slack trimmer colliery company Yorks, Harthill
      Clarice Featherstone sister 14 single domestic work Yorks, Harthill

      Short Service Attestation of R Featherstone York & Lanc Regt
      Robert Featherstone address Harthill nr Sheffield
      age 24 years 1 month
      trade screeman colliery
      signed 9 Decr 1915 Sheffield
      next of kin William Featherstone Harthill nr Sheffield brother
      a slip of paper - I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the xxx war and victory granted in the service of the late 23369 Pte Robert Featherstone York & Lancaster Regiment date Aug 3 21 signed L Featherstone
      attested Pte 9.2.15
      to army reserve 10.12.15
      posted 6 3 16 York & Lanc Regt
      Home 9.12.1915
      Reserve 20.12.1915
      Home 14 8 1916
      France Foreign 21 6 1916
      letter dated 6 11 20 addressed to Mrs L Featherstone Harthill nr Sheffield are you still residing at the address shown above?
      note addressed to Miss L Featherstone Harthill nr Sheffield dated 26 Sep 1919 forwarding artcles of private property of the late 23369 R Featherstone
      declaration of relatives signed by William Featherstone brother address Harthill nr Sheffield dated 14 June 1919
      a letter informing that it must be accepted that the soldier was killed.
      a note to say that any articles of personal property should be despatched to Miss Lilian Featherstone Harthill Sheffield who should be informed that the personal effects are the equal property of herself and the late soldiers sister Florence.
      a note dated 31-10-1917 lists the articles as letters, testament, French Dictionary, pocket book, photo, wallet.

      Find A Grave memorial 56464007
      Pte. Robert Featherstone born 1892 Harthill, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire
      died 20 July 1916 age 24
      buried Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France plot VI. H. 5.
      Pte Robert Featherstone Service Number: 23369 Regiment 9th Battalon, York and Lancaster Regiment died 20 July 1916 age 24 years son of William and Jane Featherstone, of Harthill, Sheffield.
      Gravesite Details Private, York and Lancaster Regiment. age 24.
    Person ID I372421951872  Southern England
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father William Featherstone,   b. 1847, Harthill, Yorkshire (Dec 1847 Worksop NTT 15 587) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1907, Mar 1907 Worksop NTT 7b 31 Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Jane Storey,   b. 1850, Harthill, Yorkshire (Dec 1850 Worksop NTT 15 685) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1911, Mar 1911 Worksop NTT 7b 23 Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1871  Jun 1871 Worksop NTT 7b 70 Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F775  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1435694626] UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), The National Archives; Kew, Surrey; War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War Wo363.
      Record for Robert Featherstone

    2. [S1439906790] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
      Record for Pte. Robert Featherstone

    3. [S1435192435] baptism register.

    4. [S1435192675] 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2011;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911.
      Record for Robert Featherstone

    5. [S1435192990] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Robert Featherstone

    6. [S1435193317] 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 3128; Folio: 50; Page: 3.
      Record for Willm Featherstone

    7. [S1435192790] England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2006;).
      Record for William Featherstone