Robert was a Private serving with Seaforth Highlanders (Ros-shire Buggs, Duke of Albany's) Infanty 5th Battalion in the MIddle East when he died and was included in the UK Army Roll of Honour. His Regimental Number was 2815707. [3]
Private Robert R Bain died on 14 November 1942 and was buried in El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt.[4] He may have did on board SS Scillin. [5][6]
Statutory death record reads: Presumed died whilst a prisoner of war. Category C.
Sources
↑Scotlands People Statutory registers, Births, Robert Bain, Male, 1903, Ref 038/ 93, Parish Latheron, Accessed 24 May 2022
↑Scotlands People Statutory registers, Marriages, Robert Bain and Elizabeth Budge, 1933, Ref 043/ 17, Parish Wick, Accessed 24 May 2022
↑ "UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945". The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Roll of Honour, Second World War.; Publication Title: Army Roll of Honour 1939-45. Soldiers Died in World War Two. (WO304); Publication Format: CD Rom; Publisher: Naval & Military Press. Ancestry Record 1604 #30569 (accessed 24 May 2022). Name: Robert Bain [R Bain]; Rank: Private; Birth Place: Caithness-shire; Residence Date: 1941; Residence: Caithness-shire; Casualty Date: Nov 1942; Regimental Number: 2815707; Enlistment Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's); Enlistment Unit: Infantry; Theatre of War: Middle East; Casualty Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's); Casualty Unit: Infantry.
↑ "Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current". Ancestry Record 60541 #2234887 (accessed 24 May 2022). Private Robert R Bain burial (died on 14 Nov 1942) in El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14698182/robert-r-bain : accessed 24 May 2022), memorial page for Private Robert R Bain (1903–14 Nov 1942),Find A Grave: Memorial #14698182, citing Alamein Memorial, El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 50409206) .
↑Scotlands People Statutory registers, Deaths, Roert Bain, Age 39, 1942, Ref 151/AF 141, Parish Service Returns, Accessed 24 May 2022
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