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ROBERT BENJAMIN APPLEGATE
BORN JARROW, DURHAM 1885. SON OF DENNIS APPLEGATE (1848-1933) & CHARLOTTE SECKER (1852-1935), OF 34, PRINCES AVENUE, WITHERNSEA AND 21, ABBEY STREET, HULL. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE MARRIED, ON 01/12/1910. WORKED AS A BOOT REPAIRER. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 32-34 INCH CHEST, 100 LBS WEIGHT.
HIS WIFE, SARAH GERTRUDE LIVED AT 243, ANLABY ROAD, HULL & 26, ABBEY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). THEY HAD A YOUNG SON RONALD LESLIE APPLEGATE (BORN 17/02/1912)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE IN THE 1/4TH EYR. ARRIVED FRANCE, 14/10/1916. TRANSFERRED TO 7TH EYR, 27/10/1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION TWO WEEKS LATER ON 10/11/1916, AGED 31.
HIS BROTHER IN LAW, HARRY HALL, WAS ALSO KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/11/16. THEY ARE BOTH COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
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