Biography of Lance Corporal Robert Osborn (15338)
9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derby Regiment
Formerly
11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derby Regiment
Died 18th June 1918

Soldier

  • Name: Robert Osborn Bland
    Date of birth: 1881
    Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
    Date of Birth Registration: October – December 1881
    Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father

  • Name: James Osborn Bland
  • DOB: 1843
  • Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Farm Labourer
Mother

  • Name: Fanny Anderson
  • DOB: 1855
  • Place Of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 1876 Bourne District
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Jim Osborn Bland, 1878, Bourne
  • Elizabeth Osborn Bland, 1879, Bourne
  • Robert Osborn Bland, 1881, Bourne
  • Esther Osborn Bland, 1883, Bourne
  • Kate Osborn Bland, 1884, Bourne
  • Joseph Osborn Bland, 1887, Bourne
Census

  • 1891: Robert is living with his parents in Eastgate, Bourne, Lincolnshire.
  • 1901: Robert is living with his grandparents in Spalding Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire.
  • 1911: Robert is living with Charlotte Hutsby at 17 Ebenezer Street, Langley Mill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. The census gives him an age of 29 and he is listed as a colliery labourer.
Relatives in services

  • None found
Marriage

  • No marriage for Robert has been found and  we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • Lincolnshire Echo Monday 31st July 1916
    SHERWOOD FORESTERS
    Osborne, 15338 Pte. R. (Bourne)

 

  • Grantham Journal Saturday 5th August 1916
    N.C.O.’S and Men
    Sherwood Foresters
    Wounded – Osborne 15338 R. (Bourne)

Military Records

Attestation Papers

  • None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War

  • These records show that Lance Corporal Robert Osborn, 15338, 9th Bn, Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment was killed in action on 18th June 1918 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.
Pension Records

  • None found

Effects Left To

  • Brother James
Medals

  • The British Medal
    The Victory Medal
    The 15 Star
Memorials

  • UK:
  • Bourne, Roll of Honour in Bourne Abbey Church
    Bourne War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens

 

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
  • In memory of Lance Corporal Robert Osborn, 15338, 9th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died on 18 June 1918 Age 36
  • Brother of Mr. J. Osborn, of Brewery House, Bourne, Lincs.
  • Remembered with honour, Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Military Service Timeline

  • Enlisted in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

 

  • This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed
Sources

  • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission