|
|
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies.
If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation.
Site Home
Help & FAQs
Features
Submissions
Information
Advertisements
World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Able.Sea. Harry Robson
Royal Navy Hawke Btn. Royal Naval Division
(d.24th Jan 1917)
Harry Robson, Able Seaman TZ/252, served in Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division and died age 25 on the 24th January 1917. He is remembered at Palmer Cenotaph, St Paul's Church and is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension
Harry was born in Jarrow 1891, son of John and Margaret Robson of Jarrow.
Pte. Henry T. Robson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
Henry Robson was wounded in March 1916
Sjt. J. Robson
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
James William Robson
Army 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
I'm trying to find any imfo on my great granddad James William Robson who I'm told served in the 12th DLI in the first world war his number was 17090. Can anyone give me any information?
Pte. James Edward Robson
Remounts Corps Army Service Corps
Pte. James Robson
British Army 1/7th Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.15th September 1916)
James Robson, Private 292197, enlisted at Wallsend and served in the 1st/7th Battalion , Northumberland Fusiliers. He died age 21 on the 15th September 1916 and is remembered at Jarrow Library also at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 10B, 11B and 12B. His medal card records the award of the War and Victory Medals as well as his being missing presumed dead. It also records previous regimental numbers as 5/3363 and 7/6095 implying previous service in the 5th and 7th Battalions.
James was born in Jarrow 1895 son of Thomas Robson, 45 Commercial Road, Jarrow and the late Maria Robson nee James. In the 1911 census James is 16 years old, a Coal Hawker, living at 57 Back Commercial Road, Jarrow with his father Thomas(46) a self employed Gardener and his mother Maria(47)married for 16 years, 3 children of which two survived, so the other child is living elsewhere.
- 1/7th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
- August 1914 : in Alnwick. Part of Northumberland Brigade, Northumbrian Division.
- April 1915 : landed in France.
- May 1915 : became 149th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, in France
- 12 February 1918 : transferred to 42nd (East Lancashire) Division and converted to Pioneer Battalion.
- 50th (Northumbrian Brigade in 1916
- The Battle of Flers-Courcelette*
- The Battle of Morval*
- The Battle of the Transloy Ridges*
- * the battles marked * are phases of the Battles of the Somme 1916
John Robson
British Army
John Robson is inscribed on the Foundry Section of the Palmer Cenotaph but little else is known concerning him. The three most likely candidates are listed below in the hope that someone may know further details and help to tell his story.
1. L/Cpl 9889 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment. Born Jarrow. Killed in action 12th October 1916.
2. Sgt. 10119 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. Born South Shields. died from his wounds 27th February 1918.
3. Spr. 470617 1st/2nd Durham Fort Company Royal Engineers. Born Jarrow. Killed in action 24th July 1916.
Pte. John Robson
British Army 150th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Great Whittington
(d.19th Sep 1916)
John Robson was born in 1882 at Sunnyside Farm, Great Whittington (later known as the Whiggs) the son of John Robson and Isabella (nee Jackson) the innkeeper of the Queen’s Head, Great Whittington, Northumberland. In 1911 John had been working on a farm for Elizabeth Blackburn at Dukesfield Hall near Hexham and was a farm worker when he had enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He later became a member of the 150th Company of the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).
The Hexham Courant carried news of his death in hospital from wounds – mentioning his sister Mrs Elizabeth Burn of the Square in Humshaugh, Northumberland. This was Elizabeth Robson who had married Thomas Burn on New Year’s Eve at Corbridge 1903. Private John Robson, aged 35, was wounded and later died in hospital in France on September 19th 1916 and is buried in the St Sever Cemetery near Rouen. His name is recorded on the commemorative wooden plaque recently discovered in the Wesleyan Chapel at Great Whittington.
Pte. John Robson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
John Robson was wounded in July 1916
L/Cpl. Joseph Robson
British Army 4th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Sunderland.
(d.10th May 1915)
My great great Uncle was in WW1 and died in 1915, Lance Corporal Joseph Robson, 4th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Aged 22 he was killed on 10/05/1915. He was the son of Mrs. Sarah Turnbull (formerly Robson), of 35, Palmer st., Sunderland, and the late Mr. E. Robson. His name is listed on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial. if you know any infomation please e-mail me. Thank you ever so much
CSM. Joseph Myers Robson DCM.
British Army 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:91 Salisbury Street, Blyth
(d.20th October 1918)
Joseph Robson was my great grandmother's brother.
Lt -Col. Lancelot Robson DSO.
Army Durham. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Hartlepool
Lt Col Robson was the fire commander of Heugh Battery and also the Battery Medical Officer, being a Doctor in civilian life. He was at home in Hartlepool when the Bombardment began and rushed to the Battery on his bicycl, leaving his breakfast half eaten, when gunfire first sounded. The journey was not an wasy one as the townsfolk were filling the streets, some fleeing away from the coast, others running towards the sea to look at the spectacle.
"The guns were going by that time and the first thing that cheered me was the sight of the old battery dog barking away beside the guns! So then I knew that everything was alright" (Northern Daily Mail, 29th March 1935)
On reaching the lookout Robson found that the telephone lines had been brought down by the shelling, he had long argued that they should be routed underground, but he was relieved to see that the battery was acting under standing orders, as he could not contact his gunners to issue orders.
Pte. Matthew Robson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Northumberland
(d.1st July 1916)
Matthew Robson is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Percy Blackwood Robson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th & 19th DLI
L/Cpl. Ralph Maddison Robson
British Army 20th Battallion Durham Light Infantry
from:60 Station Road, Easington Colliery, County Durham
(d.30th Sep 1916)
Ralph Maddison Robson, was born 30th June 1893 and died 30th September 1916 at the Battle of the Somme in France, age 23, bravely and with honor in defense of his Country & loved ones. A former Colliery worker at Easington Colliery, Ralph previously lived at 60 Station Road, Easington Colliery, County Durham with his loving family and parents.
Cpl. Robert Ramsey Robson
British Army 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Acomb, Northumberland
(d.22nd Apr 1918)
My Great Uncle attended Durham University, St.Cuthberts's College, he was a teacher at Barnard Castle. My family found some of his letters home. My Father visited Martinsart Cemetary a few years ago, to pay respects to his Uncle.
Pte. S Robson
British army 1/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.2nd Nov 1917)
Pte. S. Robson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Howden on Tyne
T Robson was discharged in 1917 Wounded
Sjt. T. Robson
Army 2/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. T. Robson
British Army 14th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.19th Dec 1915)
Lcpl. T. Robson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ashington
T Robson was wounded in 1916
Pte. Thomas Rutherford Robson
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Thomas William Robson
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Thomas Anthony Robson
British Army 2nd Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.5th May 1917)
Thomas Anthony Robson, enlisted at South Shields and served in the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. He died on the 5th May 1917 and is remembered at Jarrow Library and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals.
Thomas was born in Sunderland 1897 son of Sarah Jane Robson nee Roseberry of 28 William Black Street, Jarrow and the late William Robson. In the 1911 census William(46)is a forge labourer and Sarah Jane(41) has been married for 21 years with 8 children born one of whom died. Joseph(20)single, is a minder of blacksmiths forge and William(16) is a general labourer in a colliery yard. Four of the other children are of school age, Thomas(13), Ellen Jane(11), Sarah Jane(9)and Jane Ann(5). The youngest daughter is Mary who is 3 years old.
Pte. Thomas Robson
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Thomas Wilson Robson
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
21st DLI & att 257 tunneling coy & 18DLI
Pte. Thomas Henry Robson
British Army 12/13th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Fleming St. Gateshead
(d.29th May 1918)
Pte. Tom Robson
British Army 17th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:Dublin/Dover
My grandfather, Tom Robson, was born in Oldham, Lancashire, in 1882. He served in RAMC in South Africa between 1901-03 before returning to the UK, based in Mullingar Barracks in Ireland. There he met an Irish girl, Catherine Reilly, fell in love, married, left the Army, settled in Dublin as a cook/waiter and had 4 children (1 died aged 1) before rejoining RAMC to go to France in September 1914 with 17th Field Ambulance. A fifth child, my father Tom, was born in January 1915. His family continued to live in Dublin but moved to Dover some time after the Easter Rising in 1916. Tom returned from the war to father two more children in 1919 and 1926.
My father said his father never talked about his time in RAMC and was happy to live life with his family in Dover. I think he worked for some time as a cook/waiter on the cross-channel ferries. He died of lung cancer in a hospital in Manchester on Christmas Eve 1944, possibly having stayed with his extended family away from the 'front line' in Dover. Catherine was with him at his death.
My grandfather is not a hero in the recognised sense, but, to his family and like many who served, he is someone who did his duty when called upon despite his strong family commitments.
Any information about Tom's service would be welcomed by his family.
Pte. Walter DeFrece Robson
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.25th Sep 1915)
My Great Uncle, Walter De Frece Robson 11379, B Coy 12th Northumberland Fusiliers, was killed at Loos on 25th of September 1915
Pte. William Robson
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Newcastle Upon Tyne,
(d.16th Aug 1917)
Page 35 of 51
Can you help us to add to our records?
The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them
Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial?
If so please let us know.
Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?"We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember.
Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice.
Celebrate your own Family History
Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc.
Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.
The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers.
This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions.
If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running.
Hosted by:
The Wartime Memories Project Website
is archived for preservation by the British Library
Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV
- All Rights Reserved -We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.
