ROBERT RICHARD RIVERS
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – 1918
Born: 30th July 1889, Shotley, Suffolk.
Baptised on the 15th December 1889, at St. Mary’s Church, Shotley, Suffolk – family home at Shotley.
Died: 7th August 1918; age: 29; KiA.
Residence: 135, Wherstead Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: with Hoffmann Manufacturing Company, Chelmsford, Essex.
Enlistment Location: Chelmsford, Essex.
Date of Entry Therein: 30th May 1915 – France.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 12714
Regiment: Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1915 Star.
Robert was killed alongside fellow soldier Fred Miles Chester.
Grave Reference:
XV.C.6.
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
FRED MILES CHESTER, a Private, 205593, for the Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion, was killed in action, aged 18 years. He was born in Gosport, Hampshire, the son of Captain Walter Chester, of the 51st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, and Amy Chester (nee Miles), of 1, Old Heath Road, Colchester, Essex.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Robert Henry & Ellen, of 135, Wherstead Road, Ipswich.
Brother to LEONARD HENRY RIVERS.
CENSUS
1891 Mill House, Shotley, Suffolk.
Robert was a year old and living with his parents & brother.
Robert Henry Orman Rivers, 35, a Miller, born Shotley, Suffolk.
Ellen Rivers (nee Tovell), 29, born Chelmondiston, Suffolk.
Harold King Rivers, 3, born Shotley.
1901 135, Wherstead Road, Ipswich.
Robert was 11 years old and living with his mother & brother.
Ellen, 40.
Harold, 13.
In 1901, Robert’s father, Henry, 45, a Steam Engine Fitter, was living at the home of his brother-in-law, 33 year old, Frederick W. James, a Railway Clerk.
1911 135, Wherstead Road, Ipswich.
Robert was 21 years old, a Butcher. He was living with his widowed mother & brother.
Ellen, 50.
Harold, 23, an Iron Turner.
1 boarder.
Robert’s father, Robert Henry Orman Rivers, died on the 9th June 1910, at his home, 135, Wherstead Road, Ipswich, aged 55 years and was buried in Section EE, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Soldiers’ Effects to Ellen Rivers – mother.
Robert is also remembered on the war memorial at St. Mary at Stoke Church, Ipswich.
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