Colin Boyd has provided the following:
Robert was born on 4th March 1884. He was working as a crane driver living with his wife, Jane at 250, Back Stanhope Street, Newcastle upon Tyne when he enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers on 4th September 1914.
He transferred to the RNVR on 9th September 1914 and joined the Hood Battalion on the same day.
Robert was killed in action in Gallipoli on 6th May 1915.
He is not listed on a local war memorial.