BORN CONSETT, DURHAM 1894. SON OF JOHN ROBBIE (1870-1947) AND ROSE GREW, OF 120 SEVERN STREET, HULL AND 36 GARTON STREET, BLACKPOOL, LANCS. HE HAD TWO ELDER BROTHERS, JOSEPH & WILLIAM. WORKED AS A SHIP STEWARD. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, 134 LBS WEIGHT.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HAD NO CHILDREN. HE LIVED IN HULL AT 34 DANSOM LANE, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 16/11/1914. TRAINED AT POCKLINGTON AND RIPON. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 08/3/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS STEP MOTHER, ADA MARY. HIS BROTHERJOSEPH EMMANUEL ROBBIE SERVED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.
First name:
JOHN ALEXANDER
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/210
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
22
