James served as a Rifleman in the Rifle Brigade in WW1, but got killed on 28 Apr 1917. [4][5][6]
He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal [7][8] and the Memorial Death Plaque.
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FWY-7NH : 1 October 2014), Robert James Gascoyne, 1898; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, West Ham, Essex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-V5X4 : 13 December 2015), Robert James Gascoyne, 1917; Burial, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, Arras Memorial; citing record ID 124980190, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2018), memorial page for Rifleman Robert James Gascoyne (unknown–28 Apr 1917), Find A Grave Memorial no. 124980190, citing Arras Memorial, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ; Maintained by Paul R (contributor 47317162) .
↑ Ancestry.co.uk - Commonwealth War Graves Commission; London, United Kingdom; The Arras Memorial At Faubourg-D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France, Arras, Part VIII Fee-Gibson
↑ Ancestry.co.uk - National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 445001-446500; Reference: 249
↑ Ancestry.co.uk - The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England;WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls; Class: WO 329; Piece Number: 1727
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