Robinson, Thomas Henry

Pte, Thomas Henry Robinson, 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

BORN HULL 26/04/1891. SON OF ALFRED ROBINSON (1856-1930) AND ANNIE YULL (1858-1939),AT 56, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.

HE MARRIED GERTRUDE BILLANY (1890-1976), AT GRIMSBY, IN 1914. HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE & SON, THOMAS HENRY (BORN 27TH MAY 1918) LIVED AT 9, SOMERSET TERRACE, STAINIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) & 40 ROSE STREET, HULL.

BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED FOR MR JOHNSON, WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL AND WAS A GENERAL LABOURER.

HE ENLISTED IN THE 1/4TH EYR IN SEPTEMBER 1914. TRANSFERRED TO THE 15TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS, ON 02/11/1918, AGED 27.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS AND PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW AND INFANT CHILD. HIS WIFE REMARRIED AND BECAME MRS BENSON.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 13TH DECEMBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *

HIS PARENTS COMMEMORATED HIM ON THE ST MARYS CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.


First name:
THOMAS HENRY
Military Number:
236033
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/11/1918
Place died:
Bohain Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France
Age:
27
9, SOMERSET TERRACE, STAINIFORTH PLACE, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK