King R N Captain 1st Lincolnshire Regiment
CAPTAIN R. N. KING
IST BATTALION THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT
ROBERT NEAL KING was the only son of Robert King, of Moulton, Lincolnshire.
He entered the School in 1890. He obtained his first Commission in the 2nd Battalion in 1896 and was promoted Captain in 1904.
He served in the Nile Expedition of 1898, was present at the Battle of Atbara, and received the British Medal and the Egyptian Medal with Clasp. He served with the Mounted Infantry in the South African War in 1902, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Cape Colony and the Orange River Colony, and received the Queen’s Medal with four Clasps.
He retired in 1911 and joined the Reserve of Officers, but was called up on Mobilisation, in August, 1914, went to France in September, and was reported killed in action at Wytschaete, near Ypres, on November Ist, 1914. Age 38.
He married, in 1910, Klara, second daughter of Robert Shand Kynoch-Shand, of Hillside, Kincardineshire, and of the Linn, Keith, Banffshire, and had two sons.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1
KING, ROBERT NEAL, Capt., 1st Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., only s. of the late Robert King, M.D., F.R.C.P., London, by his wife, Esther, dau, of Thomas Case; b. in London, 14 Sept. 1874; edue. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Lincolns, from Militia, 6 June, 1896; promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1899, and Capt. 19 Nov. 1904; served in the Nile Expedition, 1898, and was present at the Battle of the Atbara (medal; Egyptian medal with ciasp); in the South African War, 1902, where he was employed with Mounted Infantry in operations in the Transvaal and Cape Colony, April and May, 1902, and in the Orange River Colony, Jan. to March, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); and from 24 Dec. to 31 Dec. 1901, was on special service. He retired 21 June, 1911, and was placed in the Reserve of Officers, but re-joined his regt. on the outbreak of war; left for France, Sept. 1914, and was reported killed in action at. Wystchaete, 1 Nov. following. Capt. King m. at St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, 19 Dec. 1910, Klara Alice Fanny, 2nd dau. of Robert Shand Kynoch Shand, of Hillside, co. Kincardine, and the Linn Keith, co. Banff, and had two sons: Robert McKerrell, b. 24 Nov. 1911, died 3 Nov. 1914; and Philip Marshall, b. 23 March, 1914.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1