1914-15 Star (12142 PTE. R. DOCHERTY. S.GDS:); British War Medal (12142 PTE. R. DOCHERTY. S.GDS.); Victory Medal (12142 PTE. R. DOCHERTY. S.GDS.); Memorial Plaque (ROBERT DOCHERTY)
Robert Wyper Docherty was born in Bellshill Lanarkshire in 1896. He served with the 2nd Scots Guards in WWI and was sent to France on 4.5.1915. He Died of Wounds in 36 Field Ambulance on 18.10.1915.
The Bellshill Speaker of 29 October 1915 carried an insert which read as follows:
"Private Robert Docherty, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards who resided at 35 Skene Place, Crossgates, Bellshill has died from wounds sustained in action in France. The intelligence comes to the parents from the chaplain at the hospital in which Private Docherty was lying. Deceased, who was 21 years of age, was a bomb-thrower, and, previous to going on service, was employed in the Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company's Parkhead Colliery.
Docherty is remembered with honour in the Vermelles British Cemetery.
Medals all in good, original condition unless otherwise specified. Sold with some copied research.
