Leicestershire War Memorials

Private Henry Stuart Robson, 53634

Batt - 29
Unit - Machine Gun Corps
Section -

Date of Birth -
Died - 14/04/1918
Age -

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of the Coalville East Stationmaster, his brother Thomas Robson who was the first man from Ellistown to enlist, survived the war, having served in the 1st/5th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment. Henry was killed by shellfire, and was buried by Cliff Scott and Archie G. Tovell, Archie sadly lost his life on the 1st February 1917.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I
Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
Other Memorials - Ellistown WW1 Centenary Memorial

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Machine Gun Corps
Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
Burial Commemoration - Ploegsteert Mem., Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Born - Whitwood, Leeds, Yorkshire
Enlisted - Coalville, Leicestershire
Place of Residence - Victoria Street, Ellistown, Leicestershire, England
Memorial - ELLISTOWN MEMORIAL, LEICESTERSHIRE

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