Orr R C Captain Somerset Light Infantry
CAPTAIN R. C. ORR
3RD BATTALION PRINCE ALBERT’S (SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY)
ROBERT CLIFFORD ORR was the second son of Robert Harrison Orr, of Belfast, Solicitor, and of Cassandra Marchaise his wife.
He entered the School in 1895, and left in 1897. He was admitted a Solicitor in 1903, and practised in Belfast and Ballymena. In 1910 he was gazetted to the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) of the Somerset Light Infantry, and was promoted Captain in October, 1914.
He was attached to the 1st Battalion in October, and was killed while leading his men in an attack on the German trenches outside Ploegsteert Wood, in Flanders, on December 19th, 1914. Age 34
The Adjutant of the Regiment wrote:- “There is no doubt that he must have very gallantly led his men practically into the German trenches, but we could not establish ourselves there, although we were able to advance our lines some distance as the result of the attack.”
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1