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Telfer Robert Harold Cecil 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21528

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SKR/DAT/IP/21528
Title
Telfer Robert Harold Cecil 2/Lt
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: Telfer;

Forename(s): Robert Harold Cecil;

Initials: RHC;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Previous Battalion: 3 of;

Previous Regiment: KOSB;

Date of transfer to MGC: 13-Dec-1915;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 54 Coy;

Date abroad: 09-Feb-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 26-Sep-1916;

Other Data: death reported in war diary
NOK: (sister): Miss Ivy Telfer, 10 Norwich Rd, Wavertree, Liverpool;

Other Notes: TELFER, Second Lieutenant, ROBERT HAROLD CECIL, 3rd Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers attd. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 26th September 1916. Age 21. Son of Harry and Agnes Telfer, of Callao, Peru, South America. G. 24. Authuile Military Cemetery - Somme, France.;

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Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
1 digital record
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