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2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (British Army) |
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29/01/1917 (Died) |
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Robert Fullerton was born in Ballymaguigan, Magherafelt. Robert Fullerton was living in Glasgow when he enlisted. Private Robert Fullerton was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) when he died on Monday 29th January 1917. Private Robert Fullerton is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France.
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Étaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne. During the First World War, the area around Étaples was the scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement camps and hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and accessible by railway from both the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes and the hospitals, which included eleven general, one stationary, four Red Cross hospitals and a convalescent depot, could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. convalescent depot remained.
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