Albert Edward Robinson
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Ordinary Seaman J31083
Parents: Thomas James and Eliza Rose Robinson
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Bromley Cottage, Bromley Heath, Downend, Bristol Lived: 1911 Census – Church Road, Downend, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Farm Hand (from Royal Navy enlistment details)
Date of birth: 07/06/1897
Date of death: 06/12/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Western Necropolis, Maryhill, Glasgow.
Age: 19
Further information:
Albert was born on 7 June 1897 (Baptised Christ Church Downend on 8 September 1897).
Albert served on HMS New Zealand from February 1915 to November 1916, and was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He died on 6/12/1916 from Disease.
Albert is commemorated on the Christ Church Downend Memorial and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.