For reasons unknown Robert is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. He has no known grave but is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial.

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Robert Kerr was the son of Mrs Mary Kerr of 30 Rosebank Street, Dundee and he was a Miner employed in Lochgelly in Fife when, in December 1914, he volunteered to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve onboard HMS Unicorn for service in the Royal Naval Division. After initial Naval Training at the Crystal Palace in South London he was sent to Blandford Camp in Dorset for advanced military training in April 1915. In June he was drafted to the Howe Battalion and arrived to join it at Gallipoli in mid July. He served throughout the campaign and was detached for duty on the island of Mudros after the withdrawal in January 1916. In May he sailed to Marseille, France with the Battalion and, after training in Army tactics, the RND experienced the war on the Western Front and was being prepared to join the Somme battle. As part of the preparation Robert Kerr was detached to the RND Tunnelling Company in October but returned to the battalion in time for the final Somme assault on 13 November. During the battle he received gunshot wounds in his left shoulder and left leg and was evacuated first to hospital in Deal and then Shorncliffe Hospital, Folkstone to recover. He was granted home leave in late January 1917 and then reported to Blandford Camp in February. He remained there until June when he was drafted to the Howe in July. Robert Kerr was seriously wounded again in late December with a spine fracture and a gunshot wound to the neck. This probably happened during the desperate fighting at Welch Ridge. He was evacuated to hospital in Lambeth, London in January 1918 for treatment after which he received 10 days home leave in March. He returned to Blandford and awaited his next posting. During this period he received a Field Punishment which was remitted when he was drafted to the Drake Battalion in France in May. The Howe Battalion had been disbanded by this time. Robert Kerr was killed in action in the Canal du Nord Battle in August. His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais.