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RAMC profile of:

Robert Victor Vincent EGAN
[Service No: 16979]

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Place or Date of Birth:	Yorks

Service Number:	16979

TF Number:

Rank:	S/Sjt

Unit:	1st Bn. Irish Guards

Attached To:

Enlistment Location:	Beverley

Also Served:	5th Field Ambulance

Outcome:	Killed in action

Date Died:	06/10/1918
Age Died:

Where Buried and/or Commemorated:	France - Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery

Awards:	MM

Gazette Reference:	24/12/1917

Other Information:

Robert entered the war in France on 13th August 1914, as part of the Regimental Medical Officer's team for the 1st Bn. Irish Guards. On 6th October 1918 he was serving with the 5th Field Ambulance when, at 11.45 p.m., enemy aircraft dropped five bombs in the camp. He, along with Captain J J Tough and 2 other ranks, was killed.


Additional Information:	Date Added: Wednesday 28 November, 2018

Robert's final resting place. [Photograph taken by Barbara Janman]

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