The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal A G Robinson

Corporal Alfred George ROBINSON, L/9697, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed as,17th May 1915, age 21.

Born Portslade, Brighton, Sussex, son of Hezekiah Alfred & Louise Robinson, 5 Crown Road, Portslade, Sussex / The Lodge, Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Sussex / 48, High St., Portslade, Sussex.

1911 Census - 5 Crown Road, Southern Cross, Portslade, Sussex - Hezekiah Alfred Robinson, head, age 55, married, gardeners labourer, domestic, worker, born Headcorn, Kent; Louise Robinson, wife, age 52, married 25 years, 5 children, all still alive, caretaker, council school, worker, born Slaugham, Sussex; Edith Daisy Robinson, daughter, age 22, single, laundry hand, worker, born Portslade, Sussex; George Alfred Robinson, son, age 17, single, coal carter, worker, born Portslade, Sussex; Edwin William James Robinson, son, age 13, scholar, born Portslade, Sussex.

Enlisted Brighton, Sussex, age 18 years & 3 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 112½lbs, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, scar top of ring finger, linear scar left wrist. Formerly carter.

Home 25th September 1911 to 13th August 1914; BEF 14th August 1914 to 17th May 1915.

25th September 1911, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th December 1911, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 29th January 1912, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 912 to 30th September 1912, RMS Dublin, tonsillitis; 24th June 1913 to 27th June 1913, King George V Hospital, Dublin, inf; ext; meatus, slight with little discharge, syringing; 16th August 1913, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 1st December 1913, appointed paid lance Corporal; 3rd December 1913, 2nd Class Certificate of Education; 21st April 1914, Dublin, being in bed at 7.15am, reprimanded; 22nd April? 1914, passed exam for promotion to Corporal; 1st August 1914, appointed Corporal; 15th August 1914, posted BEF; 23rd August 1914, posted missing.

8th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, dead; Mother, Louisa Robinson, 48, High St., Portslade, Sussex; Brothers - Edwin Robinson, age 21, H.M.S. ?????; Sisters - Sarah Louisa Jane Robinson, age 32; Edith Daisy Robinson, age 30; Mrs Nellie Etheri?????.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium / Portslade & West Hove War Memorial.

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