Claude Lambert ROBINSON

Main CPGW Record

Surname: ROBINSON

Forename(s): Claude Lambert

Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire

Service No: 10518

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 30th Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1916-10-15

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Claude Lambert Robinson was the son of John Tebay and Melissa Henrietta Robinson, née Lambert. John was born at Horton-in-Craven and Melissa at Thornton-in-Craven, Yorkshire.

1891 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: Church Street - Claude Robinson, aged 5 years, born Barnoldswick, son of John and Melissa H. Robinson.

1901 Workington, Cumberland Census: 136, Vulcans Lane - Claude L. Robinson, aged 15 years, born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, son of Melissa H. Robinson (married). [In 1911 the family, less Claude, were living at the Old Crown Inn, Northgate, Wakefield, Yorkshire.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sgt Claude L. Robinson, 10518, York. R. Theatre of War: (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 22.4.15. Dead.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Sgt Claude L. Robinson, 10518, 2/York. R. Dead.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Sgt Claude Lambert Robinson, 10518, 2nd Bn Yorks Rgt. Date and Place of Death: 15.10.16. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Melissa H. £24 13s. 5d.

A short biography of Claude is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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