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Pte. James Temple Robinson

5th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment

from:Jarrow

(d.7th December 1915)

James Temple Robinson, Private 13384, enlisted Jarrow in October 1914 and served in the 3rd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. He died age 19 on the 7th December 1915 and is remembered on the Palmer Cenotaph also at Doiran Memorial in Greece. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. He was formerly in the Royal Garrison Artillery no. 48785. Update Although recorded above as the 3rd Battalion , it was the 5th Battalion which went to Gallipoli as part of the 11th Division.

James was born in Jarrow 1896, son of Thomas and Melita Robinson nee Dawson of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 3 Wilberforce Street, Jarrow with his father Thomas(49) a Cooper (dry goods) for a chemical company and his mother Melita Annie(47) married for 22 years with 6 children, 5 of whom are living at home. Amy(17) is a domestic servant, James (14) is an apprentice cabinet maker in the shipyard and the other three are at school with Henry Oliver(12), William Carlton(9) and Sarah(5).

3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.

August 1914 : in Dorchester. A depot/training unit, it remained in UK throughout the war.

  • 5th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
  • Formed at Dorchester in August 1914 as part of K1 and moved to Belton Park (Grantham), initially attached as Army Troops to 11th (Northern) Division.
  • 8 January 1915 : transferred to 34th Brigade in same Division.
  • Sailed from Liverpool on 3 July 1915, going via Mudros to land at Suvla Bay on 6 August 1915.
  • 16 December 1915 : evacuated from Gallipoli and went to Egypt via Mudros.
  • Moved to France, arriving Marseilles 9 July 1916.

  • 11th Division in 1915
  • Embarkation took place at Liverpool from 30 June, with much of the Division sailing on the Aquitania and Empress of Britain.
  • Mudros was reached by Divisional HQ and 32nd Brigade on 10 July.
  • On 6-7 August 1915 the Division landed near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli.
  • On 19/20 December 1915 the Division withdrew from Gallipoli and moved to Imbros.



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