BORN HULL 15/1/1897. BROTHER OF MRS MARY EMILY BARKER ABOVE. SON OF SAMUEL & EMILY ROBINSON OF, 10, ANN’S PLACE & 19 CLARA’S PLACE, CHAPMAN STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN CANADA. SERVED WITH THE 102ND (CENTRAL ONTARION) REGIMENT, CANADIAN INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 19/08/1916, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/08/1916.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
931249
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/08/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
4, THORNTON TERRACE, NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
