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Ramsay, R., Gnr., 1915
In Dranouter Churchyard, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 1370 Gunner Robert Ramsay, serving with the 1st/3rd Battery, 1st (Northumbrian) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who died 06/07/1915.

Morpeth Herald 16/07/1915 carries a brief obituary:

Mrs Ramsay, of Simmons Buildings, Dudley Colliery, received a letter last week from the chaplain with the British Expeditionary Forces in France conveying the sad news that her husband, Gunner Robert Ramsay, of the 3rd Northumbrian Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action on July 6th. Gunner Ramsay, who is a native of Shankhouse, married a daughter of Mr and Mrs Williams Milburn, grocers, of Hartford Colliery. He was 26 years of age.

He is remembered at Dudley as Pte. R. Ramsay on D34.01 and as Gnr. R. Ramsay on D34.05


The CWGC entry for Gunner Ramsay

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