Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Thomas R. and Mary A. Robinson. The 1901 census records for Harborough Road, Lubenham, Leics. William Robinson, head of the family and an Engine Dr. Electrician, born 1872 in Tipton Staffs., and his wife Mary, born 1871 in East Langton, Leics., also George, son, born 1896 in Little Bowden, Leics., Leonard, son, born 1897 in Little Bowden, Leics., Frederick Carvell, boarder, single and a Gardener, born 1876 in Great Everdon, Northants. and Thomas Gamble, boarder, single and a Gardener, born 1881 in Moulton, Notts. The 1911 census records for The Lodge, Lubenham, Market Harborough, Leics. Thomas Robinson, head of the family and married for 16 years, a Domestic Electrician, born 1872 in Tipton, Staffs., and his wife Mary, born 1871 in East Langton, Leics., also George, son, single and a Carpenter, born 1896 in Little Bowden, Leics. and William, son, an Office Boy, born 1897 in Little Bowden, Leics.