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Rank : Private

Army Number : 16064

Unit : 2nd Bn - Ranikekhet: Garwhal Bde. Meerut Div. 12.10.14 landed at Marseilles 10 to 17 Nov. Marseilles to Alexandria. In Egypt to 28th. Indian Bde. 23rd Nov - 6 Dec. Suez to Basra. 28th Indian Bde. to 7th Indian Div. 22.1.18 landed at Suez and to Palestine 31.10.18 28th Indian Bde. 7 Indian Div. Syria; Shaikh Bedaur, Near Tripoli.

Biography :

Enlisted Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. Served with 2nd Bn during World War One. Joined the battalion in the field from 29th Reinforcements 7.10.1915. Wounded in action in Mesopotamia 13.1.1916. Died of beri beri, buried at sea 9.6.1916, aged He is commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq.

CWGC:

ROBINSON, JOHN HENRY
Rank: Private
Service No: 16064
Date of Death: 09/06/1916
Age: 43
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 12.
Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Husband of Hannah Robinson, of 35, Rosebery Avenue, Melton Mowbray.

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Reported in the Melton Times 30.6.1916:

He was wounded in Mesopotamia fighting the Turks and sent to Bombay hospital, recovered from his wounds and returned to his regiment but contracted beriberi on hospital ship where he died.

Worked at Holwell works for 10 years. Left wife, Hannah and two children, Frances and John Henry who were living at Asfordby Hill when he died.

Place of Birth : & New Whittington & Derbyshire

Date of Death : 9.6.1916

Place of Death : & & Mesopotamia

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : & & Mesopotamia