Ronald Gordon Stead Robbins
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Lance Corporal
Parents: Sam Watson Robbins and Ellen Rebecca Robbins
Home address: 22 Salisbury Road Downend
Pre-war occupation: Compositor
Date of birth: 24/05/1912
Date of death: 28/12/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated Alamein Memorial and Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 29
Further information:
Son of a traveling salesman Ronald was the middle child of 5 with an older and younger brother and an older and younger sister.
In December 1941, The Royal Dragoons joined the Eighth Army, the Black Rats, in the Western Desert, advancing with it into Benghazi. The Dragoons were the first troops to enter the city on Christmas Day, 1941. Ronald was reported as missing presumed killed.
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/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://desertrats.org.uk/bde/4thABunits.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_The_Royal_Dragoons