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Surname: ROBINSON
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Downham, Lancashire
Service No: 123948
Rank: Wheeler
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Battery 81st Brigade
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1916-06-20
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: D. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
William Robinson was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Robinson, née Parkinson. Robert was born at Gazegill near Rimington and Elizabeth at Bashall Eaves, Yorkshire.
1891 Downham, Lancashire Census: 1, West Lane - William Robinson, aged 4 years, born Downham, son of Robert and Elizabeth Robinson.
1901 Downham, Lancashire Census: Lower Hall Farm - William Robinson, aged 14 years, born Downham. [William was employed by Thomas Robinson, Farmer.]
1911 Downham, Lancashire Census: West Lane Farm - William Robinson, aged 24 years, born Downham, son of Robert and [stepson of] Blanche Robinson. [Robert had married Blanche Heloise Gray in 1903.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Dvr William Robinson, 123948, R.F.A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Wheeler William Robinson, 123948, R.F.A
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Driver (Wheeler) William Robinson, 123948, A/81st Bde R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 20.6.16. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Brother - Frederick. £3 14s. 0d. Brother - Harry. £0 13s. 11d. Sister - Phoebe. £0 13s. 11d. Brother - James. £0 14s. 0d. Sister - Elizabeth. £0 13s. 11d. Sister - Rachel Webster. £0 13s. 11d. Sister - Mary A. Clegg. £1 7s. 10d. Brother - Reginald, Pte 7174, 2/4th L. North Lancs Rgt. £0 13s. 11d.
William is commemorated on the Downham & Twiston War Memorial in St Leonard's Church, Downham.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ROBINSON, Driver Wm., aged 29, R.F.A., third son of Mr. Robert Robinson, West Lane farm, Downham, killed in action in France July, 1916.
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Wheeler William ROBINSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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28 July 1916
ROBINSON – Killed in action on the Western Front, Driver Wm. Robinson, R.F.A., of West lane farm, Downham, aged 29 years.
28 July 1916
A DOWNHAM SOLDIER KILLED
Downham mourns the loss of her second soldier boy in the person of Driver Wm. Robinson, third son of the late Mr. Robert Robinson, of West Lane Farm. He was 29 years of age, and joined the R.F.A. on April 6th this year. On the 29th of April he was sent to France, and during the first week experienced his first battle. On three subsequent occasions he was in the front line and came out without a scratch. By trade, Robinson was a wheelwright, serving his time with Mr. Spencer, of Stopper Lane, and for several years he was employed with a Whalley firm. He was an enthusiastic cricketer, and assisted his village club for several of the latter years of its existence. Like the late Sapper Fred Burns, he was very popular among the villagers.
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28 July 1916
ANOTHER DOWNHAM SOLDIER KILLED
Downham mourns the loss of her second soldier boy in the person of Driver Wm. Robinson, third son of the late Mr. Robert Robinson, of West Lane Farm. He was 29 years of age, and joined the R.F.A. on April 6th this year. On the 29th of April he, along with his regiment, was sent to France, and during the first week experienced his first battle. On three subsequent occasions he was in the front line and came out without a scratch. By trade, Robinson was a wheelwright, serving his time with Mr. Spencer, of Stopper Lane, and for several years he was employed by a Whalley firm. He was an enthusiastic cricketer, and assisted his village club for several of the latter years of its existence. Like the late Sapper Fred Burns, he was very popular among the villagers.
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