Robert W Brunton

Rank:	Private
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Townland:	Barracks
Town/Village:	Kildare
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Alternative Address:	Lisryan, Co. Longford/ Houstan, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Census 1901:
Census 1911:	Resident near Netherfield Cottage, Houston, Paisley, Scotland.
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Irish Regiment, 2nd Battalion; [Leinster Regiment, 2nd Battalion]
Regiment Number:	18152; [5039]
Date of Death:	03-09-1916
Cause:	Killed in action, Battle of Guillemont (Somme), France
Memorial:	Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France
Information:	Robert was born c.1881 in Lisryan, Co. Longford. By 1911 he was working as a farm labourer in Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Here he lived in a bothy near Netherfield Cottage, with two men from Co. Donegal. Pte Brunton had a long military career, serving in the Second Boer War and earning six clasps for his service. He re-enlisted for the Great War at Paisley, Scotland, and entered the war in December 1915; he died during the Somme Offensive in 1916.
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Notes:	May have also been in the Gloucestershire Regiment.
Links:	Link to CWGC entry;

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