Fallen Soldiers
David ROBERTS
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Regiment
Rank / Number
Regiment
Rank / Number
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Grave / Memorial
Rainhill remembers on . . .
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Lancashire Hussars
Private / 670
King's Liverpool Regiment
Private / 300354
1887
28th March 1918 aged 31
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David Roberts was born in Whiston in 1887 and enlisted in Whiston.
Originally he was Private 670 in the Lancashire Hussars and when they were amalgamated into the King’s Liverpool Regiment he became Private 300354 in the 18th Battalion.
He was killed while on active service on 28th March 1918 and is remembered on the Pozieres memorial, panels 21-23.
The name of David Roberts can be seen on the Brass Plaque in St. Ann's Church, Rainhill.