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Sapper Robert William Nesbitt

 

 

 

Sapper Robert William Nesbitt was the son of Joseph and Charlotte Nesbitt, of 6 Athol Street, Belfast. 

He first served with the Royal Engineers (Service No.201658), enlisted in the North Irish Horse in February 1916 (No.2118), and later transferred to the Waterways and Railways branch on the Royal Engineers (No. WR/260378).

Nesbitt was sent to France at some time between 1916 to 1918.

He died at home on 11 November 1919 from the effects of gas poisoning, aged 25.

He is buried at Belfast City Cemetery, grave P.136. The gravestone inscription reads:

WR/260378 SAPPER

R. W. NESBITT

ROYAL ENGINEERS

11TH NOVEMBER 1919 AGE 25

AT THE GOING DOWN

OF THE SUN

AND IN THE MORNING

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

 

Image of Sapper Nesbitt from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, late 1919, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice). Gravestone image kindly provided by Mick McCann, through his British War Graves website www.britishwargraves.co.uk.