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Revision as of 15:56, 31 October 2012
| Robert Henry Garnham | |
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| Died |
13 October 1915 (aged 21) Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt |
| Resting place | No known grave |
| Monuments | Loos Memorial |
| Education | Boston Grammar School |
| Employer | 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment |
When war broke out in 1914 Robert Henry Garnham volunteered for the army. He was sent to Belgium to serve with the 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. He was killed in action on 13th October 1915, during the Lincoln’s charge on the Hohenzollen Redoubt. He is recorded as having "no known grave" and is commemorated, like Henry George Pinner, on the Loos Memorial in France as well as on the Boston Grammar School Memorial.