BORN HULL 1893. SON OF MR THOMAS KELSEY ROBINSON (1854-1937) & ELIZABETH WOODHEAD (1855-1918), OF 5 PROSPECT TERRACE, CARLTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) & 3 ALFRED TERRACE, DALTRY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A BRASS MOULDER AND SAILOR. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 36.5-40 INCH CHEST, 148 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 17/11/1914. TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 08/03/1916. WOUNDED IN THE FOOT, ON 08/09/1916. RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 02/10/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 23.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 31/07/1917. *
First name:
RICHARD WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/375
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Age:
23
