BORN TIBTHORPE, YORKS 1891. YOUNGEST SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZABETH ROBSON, BUCKTON, NEAR BEMPTON, YORKS. SON OF AM AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. HE HAD TWO ELDER BROTHERS AND A SISTER, ADA.
HE WORKED AS A WAGGONER AT BEETON, BRIDLINGTON (1911 CENSUS). LATER HE BECAME A HULL POLICEMAN. HE LIVED AT 113 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM.
ENLISTED AT HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 29/03/1915. HE ORIGINALLY JOINED THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 21ST TYNESIDE SCOTTISH. DIED, ON 05/06/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
He is commemorated on the Hull City Police Force Memorial Plaque, Priory Road Police station, Hull, unveiled on 21st January 1923.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
6207, 32116
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/06/1917
Place died:
ARRAS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
26
113, FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
