Robert Henry Garnham

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Robert Henry Garnham
Died 13 October 1915 (aged 20–21)
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. He was aged 21 when he died.