Private Robert Patterson McCutcheon

 

Number: 35136

Company: 99th (Irish) Company, 8th Battalion

ENLISTMENT

Date: 11 March 1901

Place: Belfast

Age: 34 years

Trade of calling: Labourer (railway porter - 1893)

Place of birth: In the Parish of Cavan, in or near the Town of Cavan, in the County of Cavan

Family: Wife Elizabeth McCutcheon (nee Little), married Belfast 10 August 1888, address 32 Harland Street Belfast/ 16 Danube Street Belfast. Children Matilda Marion, born 25 December 1893, Pomeray, County Tyrone; Mary Jane, born 14 May 1897, Falls Schuylkill, Philadelphia, USA. Father Harvey McCutcheon, mounted constable, mother Margaret (nee Patterson).

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 5 3/4". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 3 April 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony clasp.

DEATH

Date: 20 December 1901

Place: Doorn River

Cause: Initially reported as missing, but a court of inquiry concluded that he had been killed in action.

Buried/ commemorated: Unknown

 

 


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