215436 Pte. Robert Ramshaw British Army 1/5th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.14th Nov 1916) Robert Ramshaw enlisted at Walker and served in the 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died on the 14th November 1916 and is remembered at St Paul's Church and is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery. His medal card has not been located in an Ancestry search.
Robert was born in Jarrow 1893, son of Robert and Sarah Ann Ramshaw nee Mullen. In the 1911 census the family is living at 12 Bell Street, East Jarrow. Robert 49, is a labourer at Furnace Chemical works and his wife of 23 years Sarah Ann have had 10 children of whom 9 survived and are living at this address. There are 5 sons with Robert(18 working as a catcher in the shipyard. The other boys are all of school age. There are 4 daughters with the eldest Sarah Jane (26) helping at home and the other 3 are also of school age or below.
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