Basic Details
Surname
Robinson
Forenames
Fred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
6117
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Priory Farm, Fengate.

(CWGC records that Private F Robinson, regimental number 6117, died aged 36 on 30/1/1915 serving in 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave III.B.70 at Bethune Town Cemetery in France. They record him as the son of James Edward and Sarah Elizabeth Robinson of Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records Fred as a native of St Paul's parish in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Eliza Hannah was his legatee. On the 1911 census Fred was living with his wife Eliza Hannah and their two children at 62 Harris Street, Peterborough; his marriage to Eliza Hannah Foreman had been registered in Peterborough District in 1905. His birth had been registered as "Fred Robinson" in Peterborough District in 1880. On the 1881 census he had been living with his parents James and Sarah at 1 Elizabeth Terrace in Westwood, Peterborough. The Medal Rolls record that Private F Robinson, regimental number 6117, served in the 2nd Boer War and was awarded the King's South Africa medal with clasps for 1901 and 1902 and for the Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal Campaigns; they also record that he was sent to France on 12/9/1914. Fred Robinson was commemorated on a tablet in Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough- see WMR reference 70157. The tablet has since been lost).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Bethune
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
January
Day of death
30
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds in hospital at Bethune
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
PRIORY FARM, FENGATE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial