Anthony Geoffrey Robinson
Memorial: Chipping Sodbury - School
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Writer D/MX 67030
Parents: Rose May Robinson
Home address: Wickwar, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Tax officer for the Inland Revenue
Date of birth: 06/07/1920
Date of death: 31/03/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at Sea. Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial (Panel 55, column 1) and Chipping Sodbury School Memorial Board and Holy Trinity Wickwar
Age: 20
Further information:
Anthony attended Chipping Sodbury Grammar School from 1931 to 1937. He was a Naval Writer (administrative clerk) on the HMS Bonaventure which was a British Royal Navy Dido Class light cruiser. On the day of his death HMS Bonaventure was taking part in operation Lustre escorting a transport convoy of thousands of troops from Alexandria to Greece. The Bonaventure was torpedoed amidships by the Italian submarine Ambra and sank in 6 minutes about 100 nautical miles south-south-east of Crete. There were 310 survivors but Anthony plus 138 other crew perished.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CL-Bonaventure1.htm