ALEXANDER BISMARK ROBINSON

Posted on 15th May 2016 by

Images donated by Don, Brian and Pat Robinson

Born: 1894, St Helen’s, Ipswich.

Died: 7th November 1918; age 24; Died of Wounds – Gas, in hospital at Etaples. He was acting as a stretcher bearer at the time of his death.

Residence: 13, Lancaster Road, Ipswich.

Enlisted: in the East Anglian Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 207424

Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment, 2nd/8th Battalion.

Formerly 206030, Devonshire Regiment.

Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & Territorial Force War Medal.

Grave Reference:

XLIX.E.10.

Etaples Military Cemetery,

Pas de Calais,

France.

Relatives Notified & Address: Son of H.A.&M.M. Robinson, of St. Helen’s, Ipswich.

CENSUS

1901 50, St. Helen’s Street, Ipswich.

Alexander was 7 years old and living with his parents & brother.

Henry Alfred Thomas Robinson, 33, a Pork Butcher & Bacon Factor – at home, born Sheerness, Kent.

Margaret Martha Robinson (nee Hailes), born Sternfield, Suffolk.

Percy Wilfred Robinson, 4, born Ipswich.

1911 31, Oxford Road, Ipswich.

Alexander was 17 years old, an Assistant to his father. He was living with his parents & brother.

Henry, 43, a Ham & Bacon Factor – Shop – employer.

Margaret, 44.

Percy, 14.

Soldiers’ Effects to Margaret M. Robinson – mother.

Brian and Pat Robinson:

“A Memorial Embroidery, made we believe by the husband of my auntie Mabel, Bert, who was the ‘girlfriend’ of Alex Bismark. As Alex never returned home she married Bert who we believe was her second choice. We believe he made it as a tribute to Alex.”