BORN DRIFFIELD 1883. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED HEDON. SON OF CHARLES WALKER ROBSON & CAROLINE ACEY. HE WORKED AS AN OIL MILLER (1901 CENSUS) AND AN NER RAILWAY PORTER, LIVING AT 2 RAILWAY COTTAGES, LOCKINGTON, WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED HULL. JOINED THE 7TH EYR WHICH WAS FORMED IN BEVERLEY ON 16/09/1914. LANDED IN FRANCE, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 14/07/1915. PROMOTED SERGEANT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 13/11/1915, AGED 32. BURIED BELGIUM.
HE LEFT FAMILY – ARTHUR, ADA, FRANCES, ETHEL & TOM ROBSON. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ANN.
ALFRED ROBSON IS ONE OF 18 NAMES LISTED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, IVY LANE, HEDON.
Please send any photo of Alfred Robson to annbrookes@rocketmail.com
First name:
ALFRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/7064
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
13/11/1915
Place died:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
32
