BORN HESSLE 20/12/1894. SON OF JOHN ALFRED ROBINSON (1861-1929) & ADA NICHOLSON (1867-1950), OF 18 SALISBURY STREET, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS. LIVED IN HULL. EMPLOYED WITH THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL WITH HIS BROTHER, ERNEST VICTOR ROBINSON, ON 14/09/1914. THEY TRAINED WITH THE HULL PALS AT DALTON HOLME, RIPON AND SALSIBURY CAMPS. SERVED TOGETHER IN THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DIED TOGETHER, SAME DAY AT SERRES, ON 13/11/1916. HE WAS AGED 22. HIS BROTHER ERNEST WAS 24.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH JUNE 1917. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
