BORN HULL 1898. FULL NAME JOHN FLOCKART ERSKINE ROBSON. ELDEST SON OF FRED ROBSON (1874-1945) & SUSAN SYMINGTON (1874-1934), OF 8. CAVE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 160, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS RICHARD & FRED. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE NAVAL SCHOOL, HULL. WORKED FOR THE EARLE’S SHIP YARD BEFORE THE WAR.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2/6TH SOUTH STAFFS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 05/05/1919
First name:
JOHN FLOCKART ERSKINE
Military Number:
42341
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
