Robert John Potter
1895 - 1917 (22 years)-
Name Robert John Potter Birth 16 May 1895 Rockfield, Turlough, Co. Mayo, Ireland 
[1] Gender Male Education Abt 1908 Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland Gerald's College Education Abt 1912 Dublin, Ireland Skerry's College Occupation 11 Oct 1915 Dublin, Ireland Cadet, Officer Training Corps, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Occupation 2 Dec 1915 Dublin Temporary 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers Occupation 10 Dec 1915 Schoot of Instruction, Glasgow, Scotland Temporary 2nd Lieutenant, 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers Occupation 25 Sep 1916 France Joined the 9th (Service) Battalion in the field ("Klondyke farm", presumably near La Clytte, Loker, West Flanders, Belgium) Death 16 Aug 1917 Belgium - Killed at the Battle of Langemarck, part of the third battle of Ypres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Langemarck_(1917). The War Diary of the 9th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (WO 95/1974/4) shows that he was one of eight officers killed on 16 August 1917.
Person ID I560 Main Last Modified 2 Oct 2018
Father James Potter, b. Abt 1846, Co. Leitrim, Ireland d. 2 Mar 1927, Leckneen, Turlough, Co. Mayo, Ireland (Age 81 years) Mother Agnes Beckett, b. Abt 1863, Turlough, Co. Mayo, Ireland d. 15 Jun 1952, Turlough, Co. Mayo, Ireland (Age 89 years) Marriage 16 Oct 1883 Turlough, Co. Mayo, Ireland [2] - ...according to the Forms and Discipline of the Presbyterian Church
Family ID F41 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaretta Dunne, b. 13 May 1895, 25 James Street, Dublin d. 4 Jun 1933 (Age 38 years) Marriage 10 Feb 1916 Dublin, Ireland [2] - according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church
Children + 1. Jane Gladys Potter, b. 9 Jan 1917, 2 Lion Mount, Crumlin Road, Dublin d. 9 Jan 1968, Liverpool, England (Age 51 years)Family ID F200 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Jul 2018
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