BORN DRYPOOL, HULL 1896. DRYPOOL. SON OF SAMUEL H ROBSON (1873-1955) & ELIZABETH BELL ROBSON (1873-1938), OF BEAUMONT STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 36, HOLLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). THEY LATER MOVED TO 224 NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF AN ENGINEER.
ENLISTED AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1174, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/03/1918. AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER SAMUEL H. ROBSON.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 24 MARCH 1918.
First name:
GEORGE BRIGHAM
Military Number:
43132
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
