Private 127761 Archibald Robinson
Regiment/Unit: Machine Gun Corps - 3rd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 1153, S Lancs Regt.
Age at death: 36
Date of death: 6th of September 1918
Born: Potobella, Scotland
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery - V. C. 20.
BMD details:
Marriage: 4th Qtr 1907 Archibald Robinson to Mary Platt at Prescot, Lancashire. Vol 8b - Page 1192.
Census details:
1891 - 8 years old schoolboy Archie is living at 18 Nuttall Street, St Helens with parents John (41), Jane (33) and six siblings: William (16), Andrew (14), John (12), James (4), Robert (2), Hannah (5 mths). 1901 - Not found. 1911 - Sees 29 years old 'Coal Miner (Hewer)' Archibald living at 18 Lawrenson Street, St Helens with wife Mary (34). Also at the address are boarders (In Laws?) the Platt family: Thomas Platt (25), Cecilia Platt (23), Richard Platt (1).
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/A_Robinson_MGC_zps1b52b9f2.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Archibald Robinson at
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
