BORN TODMORDEN, YORKSHIRE 1893. YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH M. ROBINSON, OF 158 CLARENDON STREET, HULL. A GROCER ASSISTANT.
HE ENLISTED IN THE “HULL COMMERCIALS”. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WAS WOUNDED IN JUNE 1916. POSTED BACK TO FRANCE IN THE NEW YEAR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/04/1917, AGED 24.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/05/1917. *
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
28304
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
24/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
