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Record #16779
Name :
: Bertie ROBSON (1897 - 1917)
  aka : Corporal Robson, Bert


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1897

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 30 Nov 1917   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Grangetown
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Gouzeaucourt
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Jul 1911
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sicilian

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Corporal Bertie Robson. There is no available attestation papers for Bertie.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Bertie Robson
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1897
Registration District: Middlesbrough
Inferred County: Yorkshire North Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 648

1901 English Census records place Emma and Edward Robson in Eston and Grangetown, Yorkshire, England. In residence is young son Bertie, aged 3 born about 1898 having been born in Grangetown, Yorkshire, England. Edward Robson worked with Pig Iron and was a Furnace Labourer.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: ROBSON
Given Name: Bertie
Age: 13
Sex: M
Ship: Sicilian
Year of Arrival: 1911
Departure Port: London
Departure Date: 1911-06-29
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1911-07-11
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: Party of Boys
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-4778
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Emma Robson remairred to John William Hunt in Jul-Sep 1908 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.

1911 Englist Census records place Emma Robson as remarried to John W Hunt at 12 Weastell Street, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire, England. In residence was Joseph Hunt (2), Thomas Robson (7) and Mabel Robson (5). John Huunt was a Brickworks Labourer by trade.

1911 English Census records place Bertie Robson as an Inmate in Mile End Juvenile Mission, Dr Barnardo's Homes, Leopold House, 199 Burdett Road, London England. Born about 1898, he was 13 years of age.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that Bertie had previously been reported missing, and then Killed in Action. He had been on a train conveying working parties to Gouzeaucourt, Nord Pas de Calais, France. when they had been fired upon by the enemy with machine guns. Corporal Robson and a number of others had succeeded in getting off the train to take cover when he was killed. His Next of Kin was his Mother, Mrs. Emma Hunt of 31 Barritt Street, Middleborough, Yorkshire, England. His body recovered for burial, his name is on the Vimy Memorial in Vimy, Nord Pas de Calais, France.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56683060 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-09-20 20:04:07 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-11 08:22:19 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26287 BROUGHTON, John1923ENG, YKS, Middlesbro, Grangetown Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
16779 ROBSON, Bertie1897ENG,    , Grangetown Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos