BORN HESSLE, HULL 1891. SON OF FREDERICK ROBINSON (1868-1912) & HARRIET LOUISA SISSON (1858-1938), OF 44, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS); 32, MOUNT AVENUE, HESSLE AND 7, WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). BROTHERS, LAWRENCE AND WALTER. SISTERS GERTRUDE AND KATHLEEN. HIS FATHER WAS A FORMAN AT A WHITING WORKS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE 529TH ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 28TH MARCH 1918, AGED 27. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER HARRIET.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH (98 NAMES). HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEER’S MEMORIAL, AT HULL MINSTER.
HE IS BURIED AT BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “TOO DEARLY LOVED EVER TO BE FORGOTTEN”.
HIS BROTHER LAWRENCE WARCUP ROBISNON (1893-1927), SERVED AS A LORRY DRIVER IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
HIS BROTHER PRIVATE, WALTER CECIL ROBINSON (1899-1961), (KNOWN AS CECIL), SERVED AS 64649, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS AND IS RECORDED ON THE SAME WAR PENSION CARD AS GEORGE HERBERT PERCIVAL ROBINSON?
