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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.



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