SURMAN Robert Essex

  • First Name(s):
    Robert 
    Essex 
  • Surname:
    SURMAN
  • Service Number:
    2564
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Imperial Yeomanry
  • Regiment:
    Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd April 1916
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Jerusalem Memorial, Israel, Panel 3 and 5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Robert John and Matilda Surman, of Bushcroft, 158, Ombersley Rd., Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

SURMAN Robert Essex Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial
Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars
Worcester Guildhall
Worcester Royal Grammar School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars with the information: Lance-Corporal.
Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial with the information: Lance-Corporal.

Further Information About SURMAN Robert Essex

Robert Surman was the only son of Robert and Matilda Surman. He attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1903 to 1905 when the family lived at 48 Foregate Street, Worcester and also spent time at Bromsgrove School. After leaving school he worked as a motor engineer.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

Robert Surman was born in 1892. He attended Bromsgrove School 1906 to 1908. He had joined the Yeomanry before the war broke out and went with them to Gallipoli and afterwards to Egypt. It was hoped that he had been taken prisoner but official confirmation of his death at Katia was later received.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

Private R.E. Surman 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, embarked at Avonmouth 9th April 1915 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 24th April 1915. Killed in action 23rd April 1916.

Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.

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