ROBINSON Walter

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    ROBINSON
  • Service Number:
    15576
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    South Staffordshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    D Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th October 1917
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave I. B. 36.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Cradley, Worcestershire, enlisted Brierley Hill, Staffordshire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George Henry and Selina Robinson, 18 Mill St., Cradley, Staffordshire

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ROBINSON Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Halesowen War Memorial
Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
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Further Information About ROBINSON Walter

Walter Robinson was well known in the local neighbourhood. He enlisted in the Staffords and was sent to the 8th (Service) Battalion in France. In 1916 they were in the second wave of the first day of the Battle of the Somme and were responsible for taking Fricourt and Mametz Wood. They were at Arras in April 1917 and then came into the front line in October for the later phases of the Third Battle of Ypres. They were involved in a major attack near Pilckem on the 12th October. The weather was cold and wet, typical of the Flanders campaign. The attack made little progress and the Staffords suffered heavily. Severely wounded, Private Walter Robinson was taken to a Casualty Clearing Station near Ypres where he died on the 27th October.

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