Name
Robert Edward Watson Semple (MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/11/1918
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Field Artillery
attd. Guards Div. Trench Mortar Bty.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Military Cross
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
S. V. G. 12.
France
Headstone Inscription
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM THE POWER AND THE GLORY
UK & Other Memorials
St Saviour's Church Memorial (Ext), St Albans, St Saviour's Church Memorial (Int), St Albans
Pre War
Son of Lt. Col. Sir David Semple, Kt., R.A.M.C., and Lady Semple, of 7, High Park Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Was engaged for three years and three months in the fighting line in France.
Additional Information
He was the younger brother of William who also appears on the St Saviours memorials.
https://menbehindtheglass.co.uk/the-men/robert-edward-watson-semple
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
