Born: 1794, Baildon
Died: 7 June 1917
Buried: Basra War Cemetery, Iraq
Address: 9 Perseverance Street, Baildon
Parents: James & Sarah
Spouse:
Siblings: John, Fred, Willie, Elsie May
Occupation: Drawing overlooker, Abraham Ambler
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: Baildon Moravian Church; Baildon
Children:
Regiment: Connaught Rangers
Ernest Robinson
Ernest was the third of four sons born in
Baildon to James Robinson, a Baildon-born
joiner and carpenter.
Their mother was named Sarah who
according to the 1901 census was born in
Somerset. According to the 1911 return,
James had been married to Baildon-born
Sarah Ann for three years and they are given
as having no children, suggesting Sarah had
died.
This view is reinforced by the report of
Ernest’s death in the Shipley Times &
Express on 29 June 1917 where only the father is
mentioned.
Much sympathy will be felt with Mr J Robinson of
Perseverance Street, Baildon in the loss which he has
sustained by the death of his third son, Pte Ernest
Robinson, from smallpox.
Pte Robinson, who was employed as a
drawing overlooker at the mills of Mr
Abraham Ambler, Wilsden, joined up on 7th
December last year. After a course of training
at Rugeley Camp in Staffordshire, he went
with his regiment, 1st Connaught Rangers, to
India in February.
Whilst in India Pte Robinson had an attack of
malarial fever and upon his return he was
drafted forward into Mesopotamia. Soon
after his arrival there the unfortunate young
man was detained in hospital suffering from smallpox
from which he died.
Of a cheery and sociable character, Pte Robinson will
be missed by a large circle of colleagues. He was 23
years of age.
