ATWELL, ROBERT ERSKINE, Lieut., 4/6th (Service) Battn. The Connaught Rangers, attd. 12th (Service) Battn. Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Rifles), eldest surv. s. of the late Richard Atwell, of Glenart, Blackrock, co. Dublin, by his wife, Sarah Margretta (10, Braid Hills Road, Edinburgh), only dau. of the late Robert Wright, of Stirling; b. Sandymount, co. Dublin, 26 Oct. 1882; educ. Craigmount and Edinburgh Institutions; was employed in the Standard Life Insurance Company; volunteered for active service, and joined the Lothian and Border Horse in Dec. 1914; received a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th Connaught Rangers 25 Jan. 1917, being promoted Lieut. in Aug. 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from March, 1917, where he took part in many engagements; was invalided home, suffering from shell-shock, in Aug. of the same year; returned to France 22 April, 1918; was subsequently attached to the 12th Royal Irish Rifles, and was killed in action at Neuve Eglise 2 Sept. following, while leading his men under very heavy fire. Buried about one and a half miles from Neuve Eglise, beside the main road to Bailleul; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5