Notes
The Parish Council website (see References) is the source of the extra information and carries this biographical detail: 'Clifford Robinson was born in 1896 in Manchester. In 1901 Clifford aged 5 was living at 81 Forbes Street in Manchester with his parents William (45) a Railway Guard and Fanny Robinson (27) and his five siblings. In 1911 Clifford was 15 and still living with his parents who had moved to 12 Elmham Road, Darnell in Sheffield. His father had died in 1910 and four of his brothers and sisters had left home and he had a new sister Anny who was 8. Clifford was working as a ‘Page Boy in Railway Refreshment’ (sic).
British Army records show that Clifford joined the Lincolnshire Regiment on the 5th September 1914, sadly he died on 9th January 1916, the place of death is recorded as ‘Home‘ and his death registered in St Albans.
Although there are no records that directly link Clifford Robinson to Great Coates, clearly there was a link, perhaps through employment because the Great Coates Parish Magazine in February 1916 records:
‘One of our noble defenders has been taken away. Sergeant Clifford Robinson. He was the first from the village to enlist and is the first to go. He rose to the rank of sergeant in the 2nd 5th Lincoln’s. He died of rheumatic fever at Harpenden, Herefordshire, at the early age of 19 and was buried at his home in Sheffield. His father is an Inspector on the Great Central and the family is much respected. He was of a nice disposition and had many friends in Great Coates’.
Clifford is buried in the Tinsley Park Cemetery in Sheffield.'