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
This page last updated 25 August 2024.