Private Malcolm’s cloth orderly patch which indicated he was a stretcher bearer. Copyright Ruben Willaert...
Published: 3:19 pm May 11, 2023
Updated: 5:10 am February 6, 2026
World War 1 Stretcher Bearer Buried In Belgium

More than a century after his death, Private (Pte) Robert Kenneth Malcolm, a 23-year-old stretcher bearer from Stockton-on-Tees, has finally been laid to rest with full military honours and his war medals presented to his family.

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The burial service, organised by the MOD’s Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC), also known as the ‘MOD War Detectives’, was held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s (CWGC) Bedford House Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium on 10 May 2023.

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