Lance Corporal Robert Tummey Washington (2899/240705)

2/8th Bn, The Worcestershire Regiment, 183rd Brigade, 61st Division, T.F., B.E.F.

Malvern Commemoration: Malvern Library,

Burial/Commemoration: Tyne Cot Memorial

Nature of Death: Killed in action on the Steenbeek, Flanders 27/8/1917

Age: 31

Next of Kin: Son of L and R Washington; husband of Winifred Washington of 5 College Grounds, Great Malvern.

Cap badge of the Worcestershire Regiment

Robert Washington enlisted Malvern in the 8th Worcesters, a territorial unit, in the first months of the war. He served with the second line of this battalion and was killed in the heavy fighting on the Steenbeek at the beginning of the Passchendaele Offensive 1917.

Soliders Papers Public Record Office: WO363

Submit information

If you know anything more about Robert Tummey Washington then please fill out the form below and we will update his record accordingly:

    Your Name (required)

    Your Email (required)

    Your Message

    Image attachments:

    (if you would like to send more photos please email us directly at info@malvernremembers.co.uk