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Bmbdr. Leonard Robson
British Army 530th (Isle of Wight Rifles) Coast Regiment Royal Artillery
from:Middlesbrough
Called up to the colours on 13th June 1940, Len Robson was a paintmaker and part time drummer from Middlesbrough.
He trained with the Royal Artillery TA at Norton Camp on the Isle of Wight. He embarked for the Middle East on the Empress of Canada on 26th of March 1941, disembarking at Port Tewfiq on the 9th of May, 1941.
He was shipped to Tobruk on either the HMAS Stuart or the Voyager, probably getting there in early June.
He was in the fortress non-stop until June 1942, when he was captured and shipped to Italy. He was in PG 65 until the Italian surrender, then shipped to a German camp in Graz, Austria, a satellite of the Wolfsberg XVIIIA camp. He escaped in March 945, but was captured by Russians, finally being liberated in late May 1945.
Len was born in 1915, he lived until he was a day or two short of his 83rd birthday.