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L/Cpl. Joseph Robson

British Army 4th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps

from:Sunderland.

(d.10th May 1915)

My great great Uncle was in WW1 and died in 1915, Lance Corporal Joseph Robson, 4th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Aged 22 he was killed on 10/05/1915. He was the son of Mrs. Sarah Turnbull (formerly Robson), of 35, Palmer st., Sunderland, and the late Mr. E. Robson. His name is listed on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. if you know any infomation please e-mail me. Thank you ever so much




254337

CSM. Joseph Myers Robson DCM.

British Army 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment

from:91 Salisbury Street, Blyth

(d.20th October 1918)

Joseph Robson was my great grandmother's brother.




624

Lt -Col. Lancelot Robson DSO.

Army Durham. Royal Garrison Artillery

from:Hartlepool

Lt Col Robson was the fire commander of Heugh Battery and also the Battery Medical Officer, being a Doctor in civilian life. He was at home in Hartlepool when the Bombardment began and rushed to the Battery on his bicycl, leaving his breakfast half eaten, when gunfire first sounded. The journey was not an wasy one as the townsfolk were filling the streets, some fleeing away from the coast, others running towards the sea to look at the spectacle.

"The guns were going by that time and the first thing that cheered me was the sight of the old battery dog barking away beside the guns! So then I knew that everything was alright" (Northern Daily Mail, 29th March 1935)

On reaching the lookout Robson found that the telephone lines had been brought down by the shelling, he had long argued that they should be routed underground, but he was relieved to see that the battery was acting under standing orders, as he could not contact his gunners to issue orders.




233150

Pte. Matthew Robson

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Northumberland

(d.1st July 1916)

Matthew Robson is named on the Thiepval Memorial




300505

Pte. Percy Blackwood Robson

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

served with 18th & 19th DLI




213284

L/Cpl. Ralph Maddison Robson

British Army 20th Battallion Durham Light Infantry

from:60 Station Road, Easington Colliery, County Durham

(d.30th Sep 1916)

Ralph Maddison Robson, was born 30th June 1893 and died 30th September 1916 at the Battle of the Somme in France, age 23, bravely and with honor in defense of his Country & loved ones. A former Colliery worker at Easington Colliery, Ralph previously lived at 60 Station Road, Easington Colliery, County Durham with his loving family and parents.




221258

Cpl. Robert Ramsey Robson

British Army 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

from:Acomb, Northumberland

(d.22nd Apr 1918)

My Great Uncle attended Durham University, St.Cuthberts's College, he was a teacher at Barnard Castle. My family found some of his letters home. My Father visited Martinsart Cemetary a few years ago, to pay respects to his Uncle.




206842

Pte. S Robson

British army 1/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

(d.2nd Nov 1917)




233151

Pte. S. Robson

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Howden on Tyne

T Robson was discharged in 1917 Wounded




479

Sjt. T. Robson

Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry




215832

Pte. T. Robson

British Army 14th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

(d.19th Dec 1915)




233152

Lcpl. T. Robson

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Ashington

T Robson was wounded in 1916




1390

Pte. Thomas Rutherford Robson

British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers

(d.8th May 1915)




1391

Pte. Thomas William Robson

British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers

(d.8th May 1915)




215668

Pte. Thomas Anthony Robson

British Army 2nd Btn. Yorkshire Regiment

from:Jarrow

(d.5th May 1917)

Thomas Anthony Robson, enlisted at South Shields and served in the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. He died on the 5th May 1917 and is remembered at Jarrow Library and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals.

Thomas was born in Sunderland 1897 son of Sarah Jane Robson nee Roseberry of 28 William Black Street, Jarrow and the late William Robson. In the 1911 census William(46)is a forge labourer and Sarah Jane(41) has been married for 21 years with 8 children born one of whom died. Joseph(20)single, is a minder of blacksmiths forge and William(16) is a general labourer in a colliery yard. Four of the other children are of school age, Thomas(13), Ellen Jane(11), Sarah Jane(9)and Jane Ann(5). The youngest daughter is Mary who is 3 years old.




300179

Pte. Thomas Robson

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry




300599

Pte. Thomas Wilson Robson

British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry

21st DLI & att 257 tunneling coy & 18DLI




233942

Pte. Thomas Henry Robson

British Army 12/13th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Fleming St. Gateshead

(d.29th May 1918)




243591

Pte. Tom Robson

British Army 17th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.

from:Dublin/Dover

My grandfather, Tom Robson, was born in Oldham, Lancashire, in 1882. He served in RAMC in South Africa between 1901-03 before returning to the UK, based in Mullingar Barracks in Ireland. There he met an Irish girl, Catherine Reilly, fell in love, married, left the Army, settled in Dublin as a cook/waiter and had 4 children (1 died aged 1) before rejoining RAMC to go to France in September 1914 with 17th Field Ambulance. A fifth child, my father Tom, was born in January 1915. His family continued to live in Dublin but moved to Dover some time after the Easter Rising in 1916. Tom returned from the war to father two more children in 1919 and 1926.

My father said his father never talked about his time in RAMC and was happy to live life with his family in Dover. I think he worked for some time as a cook/waiter on the cross-channel ferries. He died of lung cancer in a hospital in Manchester on Christmas Eve 1944, possibly having stayed with his extended family away from the 'front line' in Dover. Catherine was with him at his death.

My grandfather is not a hero in the recognised sense, but, to his family and like many who served, he is someone who did his duty when called upon despite his strong family commitments.

Any information about Tom's service would be welcomed by his family.




222328

Pte. Walter DeFrece Robson

British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers

(d.25th Sep 1915)

My Great Uncle, Walter De Frece Robson 11379, B Coy 12th Northumberland Fusiliers, was killed at Loos on 25th of September 1915




213006

Pte. William Robson

British Army 8th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

from:Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

(d.16th Aug 1917)




233153

Pte. William Robson

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

William Robson went AWOL in 1915




300633

Pte. William Robson

British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry

Served with 18th DLI and 15th DLI




252901

Pte William Robson

British Army 15th Btn Durham Light Infantry

from:West Hartlepool

(d.22nd Oct 1917)




254365

Pte. William Robson

British Army 11th Btn. Royal Scots

from:Leadgate, Consett

(d.12th Oct 1917)




241451

LS Lawrence Roche

Royal Naval Reserve SS Garmoyle

from:Ballyask, Kilmore

(d.10th July 1917)

Leading Seaman Roche was the husband of Mary Roche, of Ballyask, Kilmore.

He was 31 when he died and is buried about 2 yards North of the ruin in the Kilmore (Grange) Graveyard, Kilmore, Co. Wexford, Ireland.




237427

Sgt. M. Roche

British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers

from:Cloyne, Cork

(d.14th Dec 1918)

Serjeant M Roache was the husband Bridget Roche of Chapel St., Cloyne, Cork. He was aged 36 when he died and is buried Between ruins and South boundary of the Ballyncorra Graveyard in Co. Cork, Ireland.




233154

Pte. Peter Roche

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Byker

Peter Roche was discharged in 1915




263388

Pte T. Roche

British Army 1st Btn Royal Dublin Fusiliers

from:9 Ryders Row, Off Copel Street, Dublin

(d.13th Feb 1917)

T. Roche of the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers lost his life due to gas poisoning.




235548

Pte. George Rochelle

British Army 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment

from:8 Goscote Rd., Heath End, Pelsall, Walsall

(d.30th September 1916)







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