1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
27/01/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
Robert Jamison was born in Maghera. Robert was living in Upperlands when he enlisted in Coleraine. He was for a time with the Royal Irish Regiment. In his will of October 1916, Robert left all to his wife, Mrs Mary Jamison, who was living at Craigview Place, Grangepans, Bo'ness, Scotland. Private Robert Jamison was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 27th January 1917. Robert Jamison is listed on the WW1 Roll of Honour at William Clark & Sons Ltd in Upperlands as having died.
Further Information
Robert Jamison was born in Maghera.
Robert Jamison was living in Upperlands when he enlisted in Coleraine.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 28th November 1914:
Upperlands, like every other district in the province, has a number of sons at the front fighting for our King and country, and on Saturday one of those local heroes, Private Robert Jameson, 3rd Battalion Inniskilling Fusiliers returned home, having been wounded in the right knee by a rifle shot in the fighting between Ypres and Dixmude on 7th November. For three weeks he has been is hospital on the continent and in London. He has now been allowed home for three weeks leave. He landed in France towards the end of September and from then until he was put out of action, he saw warfare in all its horrors, the fighting being continuous. The Germans, he says, are bad shots, but what surprised him most was no matter how many of them were put down, there were always innumerable hordes of them to come again. You could see them coming forward like a mist, but once you get at him with the bayonet, it was goodbye Mr German, British steel being too much for him. Private Jameson speaks highly of the gallantry of the Belgian soldier, but the pluck and bravery of the British surpassed them all. He is full of praise for the officers, who at all times are in the thick of the fight, sharing the dangers of their men. Speaking of the brutality of the Germans, he says it is shocking. He tells of a Belgian farm house which he saw, where the Germans were slaughtering the cattle for the use of their army. The only ones residing in the house was a woman and two children. The poor mother pleaded to spare her one cow to enable her to nourish her children. The officer demanded to see the children. The mother was then strapped up, and the children horribly murdered before her eyes. She was then deprived of her clothing, and treated in a manner not fit for public print, after which they cut the breasts off her, and then put her to death, and three innocent victims had to be buried by British soldiers. This horrible outrage took place on the morning of the day on which he visited the house. Private Jameson is eager to be well again, when he hopes tom take his place at the front.
Robert Jamison was for a time with the Royal Irish Regiment, No 2678.
In his will dated 27th October 1916, Robert left all to his wife, Mrs Mary Jamison, who was living at Craigview Place, Grangepans, Bo'ness, Scotland.
Private Robert Jamison was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 27th January 1917.
Last Will and Testament of Private Robert Jamison
In the event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to Mrs Mary Jamison, wife, Craigview Place, Grangepans, Bo'ness, Scotland. Robert Jamison, Pte 4723 3rd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 27th October 1916.
Private Robert Jamison has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Robert Jamison is listed on the WW1 Roll of Honour at William Clark & Sons Ltd in Upperlands as having died.
There is a Robert J Jamieson on Bo'ness War Memorial (along with an Eric Jamieson), in Falkirk in Scotland.
