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• Name BUSS
• Initials RW
• First name ROBERT WILLIAM
• Place of birth Wateringbury
• Country Kent, England
• Last residence Tonbridge, Kent
• Family Son of Robert Markham Buss an Flora Edith (nee Newman); husband of Edith Ellen Buss, of Hadlow Stair, Tonbridge.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 10 December 1915, Tonbridge, Kent
• Service number 11777
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 10th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 123rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 41st Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career To France 21 January 1916; served as signaller

Death

• Type of wounds accidentally wounded: hit in the thigh by a bullet discharged by private Frank Martin who was cleaning his rifle; Robert stated 'it was quite an accident'; private Martin was convicted tot 42 days Field Punishment n°1;
• Date of death 20 May 1917
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XII - B - 14

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