A newspaper obituary for Sergeant Robert Warren with no date included. In the obituary, it mentions how Warren was killed in action and includes an excerpt from the letter that broke the news. The obituary moves on to talk about Warren's life and his accomplishments. Robert Warren spent his childhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Prior to Springfield College, Warren worked as a playground director in New Bedford, Massachusetts (1909) and supervisor of playgrounds in Newport, Rhode Island (1910). In 1911, he spent six months as the boys’ secretary at the Newport Association. During World War I, Warren attained the rank of Sergeant with the First Canadian Mounted Rifles in France. He was killed in action on September 15, 1916. The bottom of the article is cut off;
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