| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 26/7/1915. He was born in Sevenoaks, enlisted in London and resided in Kensall Rise. Killed in Action. No inscription on gravestone. War Diary WO 95/409 4 Dismounted Traffic Control Unit, MFP. 5/11/17 No. P/1287 Sgt W Steadman and No P/1587 Cpl R L Cassam MFP and No. 4969 Pte H Gurney Army Cyclist Corps killed in Ypres by enemy shell. No. 8006 Pte P V Williams wounded in Ypres and evacuated. 6/11/17 Attended funeral of Sgt Steadman and Cpl Cassam at Prison Cemetery Ypres at 2.30pm.
Info from Army Register of Soldiers Effects 1901-1929. 13/2/1918 he left his widow Kate £5/03/01, 11/11/1919 she received £11/10/00 war gratuity.
Info from pension index cards:- Cassam, Robert Louis, P/1587, MFP, A/Cpl, 5/11/1917 KIA, widow Kate, born 18/2/1886 of 4 Compton Road, Kensall Rise, London, NW10 and 1 child Harold Leslie born 5/5/1907. 1/12/1917 she received a grant of £5. 20/5/1918 a pension of 26/3d per week, Later address of widow 31 Cobden Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.
Robert Louis Cassam. |
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