BOURNE, ROBERT STANLEY, Sergt.. No. W. R. 251147. Royal Engineers, eldest s. of William Bourne, of 256, High Street, Cheltenham: b Cheltenham, 24 Dec. 1881: educ. Christ Church Higher Grade School, Cheltenham; was a Plumber: volunteered for active service soon after the outbreak of war, and joined the Territorials 13 Oct. 1914; was transferred to the Royal Engineers 25 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April, 1915; was brought over to England 10 Sept. 1918. and died at Stoke-upon-Trent Military Hospital on the 28th, of shell-shock, contracted while on active service. Buried in Cheltenham Cemetery. He m. at All Saints’, Gloucester. 3 July, 1907, Emily (10. Blenheim Road, Gloucester), dau. of George Cresswell, and had one son, Samuel Stanley. b. 28 July, 1912.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5