Info

SurnameLoring
ForenameRobert Nele
Rank2/Lieut.
Army No
Battalion5th & 3rd
Commissioned1914-12-05
Date Of WoundsNot set
Wounds
Died Killed1915-06-16
Death DetailsF. & F.
Enlisted DateNot set
Enlisted Location
Date Of BirthNot set
Birth PlaceHinstock, Salop.
Residence
DischargedNot set
Theatre Of War09/06/1915
Date Of EntryNot set
Z Class
Surname Spellings
Other InfoDied age 27 (killed in action at Hooge). Son of Mr. John and Mrs. A. J. Loring, of "Longstile," Connaught Road, Fleet, Hants. He was educated at Bradfield Junior School and Haileybury and entered the property business in British Columbia, Canada. Returning to the U.K. on the outbreak of hostilities, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 5th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, in December 1914, but was attached to the 3rd Battalion at the time of his death in action in the following year. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Assignments

Canadian Infantry Canadian Expeditionary Force 28990 Private
5th Worcestershire Regiment - Second Lieutenant
3rd Worcestershire Regiment - Second Lieutenant

Service Awards

The British War Medal
The 1914-1915 Star
The Allied Victory Medal

Gallantry Awards & Honors

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Foreign Decorations & Awards

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Royal Flying Corps

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