Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 12 April 1941

Killed In Action

Great Houghton War Victim

News reached the parents of Robert Lister, of 20, Manor Terrace, Great Houghton, last week, that their son had been killed in action in the Middle East during March.

Bob Lister, a member of a well-known Great Houghton family, joined up 14 months ago. He went abroad in August, and was 22. Prior to enlistment he worked with his father in the building trade and was an old boy of Wath Grammar School.

For several seasons he assisted Houghton cricket team, of which his brother was secretary. He had many friends in the Houghton district.

Bob has a brother serving in the RA.F.

From C.W.G.C.:

PRIVATE
ROBERT HENRY LISTER
Service Number: 4541549
Regiment & Unit
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 2nd Bn.

Date of Death
Died 23 March 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried  at KEREN WAR CEMETERY, 2. B. 6., Eritrea

Additional Info
Son of Cecil and Annie Lister, of Great Houghton, Yorkshire.
Personal Inscription: WE WILL REMEMBER THEM