Robert William Cassels
| Rank | Private | |
| Regiment | Royal Fusiliers 10th (Stockbrokers) Battalion | |
| Military Service | No details are known of Cassels’ service though his Medal Index Card records that he went to France on 13th October 1915, approximately 3 months after the main body of the battalion. The battalion was part of 111th Brigade, 37th Division and its first major action in France was the Battle of the Ancre 13th – 18th November 1916. | |
| Born | c1876 | |
| Death | 17th November 1916 | |
| Circumstances of Death | The battalion’s war diary does not record any casualties during the 17th November but on the night of the 17th/18th the Machine Gun team was hit by a shell and most of the men were killed. However the Royal Fusiliers Museum does not believe Cassels was one of these men judging by his regimental number. | |
| Age | 40 | |
| Memorial | Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. | |
| CWGC Information | Son of the late John Robert and Jane Torrance Cassels. Barrister at Law, and a Member of Lincoln’s Inn. | |
| Parents | John R Cassels (c1844-1906) & Jane T Cross (1848-1880) | |
| Father's Occupation | Iron and Coal Master (Glasgow Iron and Steel company) | |
| Siblings | Marion C (c1879-), Jane C W (1880-1904) | |
| Spouse | unmarried | |
| Education | Fettes College, Moredun House (1890-1894) | |
| Occupation | Barrister, member of Lincoln’s Inn | |
| 1881 Census | 6 Park Street East, Glasgow | |
| 1891 Census | Fettes college, Edinburgh [Home address Home Hill, Logie, Perthshire] | |
| 1901 Census | Homehill House, Chalton Road, Logie, Stirlingshire | |
| 1911 Census | Not known | |
| Home Address | 1914 – Adelphi, London | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Kappa Lair 90 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Other Information | Cousin of Captain Robert W Cassels, 17th HLI, died 1st July 1916 | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to the Royal Fusiliers Museum, Ancestry, and Find my past. | |
Gallery
Robert William Cassels - Kappa - Monument
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
