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Able Sea George Edmund "Robbie" Robbins
Royal Navy
from:15 Pontcanna Place, Cardiff
Robbie Robbins was my great uncle. Although I never met him he was always talked about by my mother's family as he was my maternal grandmother's brother.
Robbie's naval record shows he was involved with the following ships (in date order):
Impregnable (training)
Leviathan
Vivid I
King Alfred
Donegal
Dublin
Vivid I
Orion
Hindustan
Orion
Vivid I
Ajax
Vivid I
Briton
Vivid I
Columbine Venturisimo
Columbine Volunteer
Vivid II
Vivid I
I am currently researching more of his life. Family folklore says that he was at both the Dardanelles (Gallipoli) and the Battle of Jutland. I have yet to establish which ships he was on at these times.
During WW2 he was the Manager of The Swan Hotel in Lavenham. I am told he was most supportive to the American Airmen of USAF 487 Bomber Command in Lavenham, perhaps because of his own experiences during WW1.
I will update and submit photographs as I progress.