Name on Memorial: CROSTHWAITE, ROBERT W.
Name: Robert Wilson Crosthwaite
Age: 39
Service No: S/22538
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th/5th Bn
Awards: Died: 16/09/1918
Theatre of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
Cemetery/Memorial: HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave/Panel Ref: III. F. 28.
Additional Info:
Son of Henry and Helen Crosthwaite, of Bo’ness, West Lothian. Husband of Margaret Crosthwaite, of “Balfern,” Heriot Gardens, Burntisland, Fife. Born: Stockton-on-Tees, Durham. During a bombing raid by enemy aircraft on 16th September 1918, Robert was fatally wounded and died on the same day at 6th Casualty Clearing Station.
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