Name
Herbert Robinson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/05/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3/7443
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LE TOURET MEMORIAL
Panel 10 and 11
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Markyate Village Memorial,
St John The Baptist Church Memorial, Markyate
Pre War
Herbert Robinson was born in 1892 in Markyate to Henry Robinson, bricklayer’s labourer, and Emily (nee Hobbs).
On the 1901 Census the family pf parents, Herbert, Samuel (born 1894), Ernest (born 1899) were living at Harris’s Passage, Markyate.
On the 1911 Census Herbert’s parents were living at 2, Aldridges Yard, Markyate. No record of Herbert was found.
Wartime Service
Herbert enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment about Jun/July 1914 as Private 3/7443, the prefix 3 indicates he was inducted into the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and also probably means that he had served previously, although no such Service was found.
Herbert went to France on 6 Oct 1914 with the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment .landing at Zeebrugge to aid in the Defence of Antwerp but were deployed to cover the retreat after Antwerp had fallen. They moved to Ypres taking part in the Actions at Langemarck (21-24 Oct 1914) and Gheluvelt (29-31 Oct) In 1915 the Battalion were involved in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle (1-13 may 1915), Aubers Ridge (9 May) and Festubert 16-23 May 1915). During this last action Herbert was killed in action on 16 May 1915. His remains were not recovered and he is remembered on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £3 and arrears of £2 6s 2d was paid to his father.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Anne & Gordon Mead
