Hare, RSM
(1889 - 1915)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
12th February 1889
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1903 - 1906
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
21 Alexandra Road, Upper Norwood
REGIMENT
1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
FINAL RANK:
Captain
DATE OF DEATH:
6th August 1915
AGE AT DEATH:
26
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
Gallipoli
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery. Sp. Mem. C. 100
Captain Robert Stuart Maclaine Hare
Born on February 12th 1889, Robert was the youngest child of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert P. Hare, of the Royal Artillery, and his wife, Christine. He joined the College at the start of 1903, several years after his elder brother, Richard, had moved on from Dulwich, and was a pupil for just over three years, leaving in the spring of 1906. Two years after leaving, in 1908, he joined Sandhurst, and was subsequently granted a commission in the Essex Regiment in September 1909, being promoted to Lieutenant in 1911.
In the summer of 1914 Robert was stationed in Mauritius but was called back to England on the declaration of war, and subsequently spent several months in camp at Banbury. In March 1915 he and his battalion set sail for Gallipoli, and, on August 6th, he was killed in action there, being buried in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery.
