Captain ROBERT LAURENCE PILLMAN
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
"D" Coy. 10th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 09 July 1916
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Joseph Charles and Mary Anna Pillman, of The Cottage, Footscray Lane, Sidcup, Kent. Played Rugby Football for the XV at Rugby School, for Blackheath for several seasons and gained his International cap for England against France in 1914. Won the Gold Medal of the London Solicitor's Golfing Society. Enlisted in 10th Bn. Royal Fusiliers at the outbreak of war, and was gazetted to a commission in July, 1915.
- Personal Inscription BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE THE CROWN OF LIFE REV. II CHAPTER, 10 VERSE
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