Robinson Frederick Wilfred Major

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Surname: Robinson;

Forename(s): Frederick Wilfred;

Initials: FW;

Rank: Major;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 119 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 23 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 8 Bn;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 29-Mar-1918;

Awarded: DSO, MC, MID;

Gallantry Notes: MC: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He commanded his company with great skill and good judgement under very severe hostile machine gun and shell fire and twice placed barrages in suitable positions to counteract enemy counter attacks. On both occasions, he personally, under very heavy fire, got his guns into action on the advancing infantry and thery materially assisted in driving back the counter attacks.;

Other Data: signed war diary of 2 Coy 3/11/1916
15/03/1917 reported to 119 Coy
9/8/1917 arrived from 119 Coy to command 23 Coy - War Diary
posted missing, Red X list, Mar 1918
Red Cross Enquiry Card
MC only: named, offered by C Dixon Spring '07 at £550;

Other Notes: ROBINSON, Major, FREDERICK WILFRED, DSO, MC, 8th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 28th March 1918. Age 28. Son of Matthias and Margaret Robinson, of Landieu, Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees. Panel 90 to 93. Pozieres Memorial - Somme, France.
DSO: LG 3/6/1918 (A/Capt,MC)
MC: LG 18/10/1917 (LG 7/3/1918)
MID: LG 22/5/1917 (dated 9/4/1917) France;

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