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Military service
Service number:
100047
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
February 8, 1887
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert and Agnes L. Bisset, of 9650-99th Street, Edmonton, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Bisset
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Plaque
WWI Memorial on wall of Irvine Old Parish Church, Kirkgate, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Robert Bisset's name is the ninth in the fourth (last) column. Image taken 24 August 2014 by Tom Tulloch. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Robert Bisset
Son of Agnes L. Bisset, Edmonton, Alberta, and the late Robert Bisset. This man was with the 31st when wounded in June 1916. He had previously served with the 1st Lanark Royal Engineers for 3 years. In the war diary this man is listed as missing during the engagement in which he was killed. -
Biography
From the book ‘The Journal of Private Fraser’ Edited by Reginald H. Roy. Private Fraser witnessed the death of Robert Bisset in the attack on September 15, 1916.
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Private Robert Bisset
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Bisset
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Bisset
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Bisset
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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