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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

Buried or commemorated at

CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. D. 10.

Belgium

Famous Sportsmen, Rugby: headstone of Captain R L Pillman in Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, Belgium

Photographer: Unknown

  • 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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