Remembering Today 8/2/43 Private:G.B.Roberts L/12250,Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Private ROBERTS, GEOFFREY BAMFORD
    Service Number L/12250

    Died 08/02/1943

    Aged 39

    Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

    Son of Frank Roberts, and of Sarah Ann Roberts, of Colne. LL.M. (Manchester).
    Casualty
    Buried at GREAT MARSDEN (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD

    Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom
    Number of casualties: 31

    Cemetery/memorial reference: H. 194.
     
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  2. harkness

    harkness Well-Known Member

    Lancashire Marriages: 1902
    ROBERTS Frank
    FLETCHER Sarah Ann
    Great Marsden, St John the Evangelist

    Geoffrey Bamford Roberts
    Born 6 May 1903

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    Marriage: 4 Jun 1930 St Peter, Burnley, Lancs.
    Amos Christopher Nelson - 23, Cotton Manufacturer, Bachelor, Sparrowhawk Hotel
    Mary Spencer - 22, Spinster, 1 Glen View Road, Burnley
    Groom's Father: Joe Nelson, Cotton Manufacturer
    Bride's Father: Tertius Spencer, Cotton Manufacturer
    Witness: Katherine Spencer; Geoffrey Bamford Roberts
    Married by Banns by: Henry Burnley, Rector
    Register: Marriages 1921 - 1937, Page 139, Entry 278

    Name: Geoffrey Bamford Roberts
    Age: 27
    Birth Date: abt 1904
    Departure Date: 16 Apr 1931
    Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
    Destination Port: St John's, Canada
    Ship Name: Nova Scotia
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  3. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
    Name: Geoffrey B Roberts
    Death Age: 39
    Birth Date: abt 1904
    Registration Date: Mar 1943
    Registration district: Portsmouth
    Inferred County: Hampshire
    Volume: 2b
    Page: 805

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