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Surname: ROBINSON
Forename(s): Rowland
Place of Birth: Gisburn Forest, Yorkshire
Service No: 235477
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-09-06
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 54 to 60.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: TOSSIDE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Rowland Robinson was the son of Robert Camm and Elizabeth Robinson, née Hodgson. Robert was born at Bolton-by-Bowland and Elizabeth at Gisburn Forest, Yorkshire. Rowland was the cousin of: Private Percy Hodgson (13771) (q.v.); Private Tom Hodgson (26671) (q.v.); Private Thomas Hodgson (32388) (q.v.); Private Robert Hodgson (28391) (q.v.) and Private John Hodgson (29749).
1881 Gisburn Forest, Yorkshire Census: Mount Zion Chapel Cottage [Tosside] - Rowland Robinson, aged 1 year, born Gisburn Forest, son of Robert Camm and Elizabeth Robinson.
1891 Gisburn Forest, Yorkshire Census: Tenters - Rowland Robinson, aged 11 years, born Gisburn Forest. [Rowland was living with his uncle and aunt, Ephraim and Anne Hodgson who were brother and sister.]
1901 Gisburn Forest, Yorkshire Census: Studford Gill - Rowland Robinson, aged 21 years, born Gisburn Forest. [Rowland was employed by Sarah Ann Frankland, Farmer.]
Rowland was married to Lily Rodwell in 1906.
1911 Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire Census: Forest Becks - Rowland Robinson, aged 30 years, born Tosside, Yorkshire, husband of Lily Robinson.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Rowland Robinson, 235477, Lan. Fus.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Rowland Robinson, 235477, 1/5th Lancs Fus.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Rowland Robinson, 235477, 1/5 Lancs Fuslrs. Date and Place of Death: 6.9.17 in Action Belgm. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Lily. £5 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Rowland. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Lily, born 10.5.87. Address: 4, Nelson Street, Low Moor, Nr. Clitheroe, Lancs.
Rowland is commemorated on Clitheroe and Low Moor (Clitheroe) War Memorials.
A short biography of Rowland is included in: ‘In Love, In Gratitude, In Remembrance – Remembering the Men & Women of Slaidburn, Newton in Bowland, Dunsop Bridge, Dale Head & Tosside’ by Margaret Brenchley (2018).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Rowland ROBINSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
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12 March 1920
TOSSIDE – Fallen and Returned Soldiers Honoured
The demobilised soldiers of Tosside and their lady friends were entertained to supper in the Congregational Sunday School on Saturday evening by the members and friends connected with the chapel. After supper, a concert consisting of songs and recitations was sustained by a youthful company, and included two dialogues by L. and E. Hodgson, B. Bentham, E. Jackson, N. Moon, Joshua Hodgson and Mark Bentham. A highly enjoyable evening was spent.
On Sunday afternoon a memorial tablet was unveiled at a special memorial service held in memory of the six Tosside young men who did not return. The service was conducted by Mr. J. W. Andrews, of Sutton, and the tablet was unveiled by Mr. Joshua Hodgson and Mr. David Harrison, both of whom were wounded during the war. The tablet was placed in the chapel by the relatives of the late soldiers, and by members of the congregation and bears the following inscription:–
“In loving memory of the young men connected with this place of worship who died while serving their country during the Great War, 1914-18:– Nicholas Harrison, Percy Hodgson, Tom Hodgson, Rowland Robinson, Jess Lawson, Sam Lawson; also their age and date of death.” Here follows an appropriate verse.
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