Morpeth Herald 21/05/1915 carries a brief obituary:
Word has been received that Company Sergeant-Major Robert C. Hedley has died of wounds. C.S.M. Hedley, who was 34 years of age, was a native of Morpeth, and he was engaged in the postal service all his life. He was a widower and leaves three young children.
Robert Hedley is remembered in Morpeth on M17.01 M17.09 M17.14 and M17.29 and in the Battalion History