Driver 105209 Robert Hankinson

Census details:
1901 - 8 years old schoolboy Robert is living at Chain Yard, Blackbrook, St Helens with parents Robert (49), Jane (47) and five siblings: James (21), [cas=2100]George Hankinson[/cas] (19) Henry (14), Elizabeth J (12), John (6). 1911 - Sees 17 years od 'Miner (hewer)' Robert living at Chain Yard, Blackbrook, St Helens with widowed mother Jane (57) and four siblings: [cas=2100]George Hankinson[/cas] (29), Henry (23), Elizabeth (32), John (16). Also at the address is adopted daughter Jane Bowes (8).

Notes:
[note=149]Two Hankinson Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] His cousin [cas=2103]Thomas Hankinson[/cas] also died in the Great War. Age taken from census.

[center][pic2]imgs/sppics/NPC1_Rbt_Hankinson.png[/pic2][/center] [center]Extract from Local Newspaper GUNNER R. HANKINSON (DIED OF WOUNDS) Mrs Hankinson of Chain Cottages, Blackbrook, has received the sad news that her second son, Gunner Robert Hankinson, of the Royal Field Artillery, died of wounds on May 4th. He had been in France for eighteen months, and was attached to the heavy trench mortar battery Before he joined the Army he was employed at the Havannah Colliery belonging to Messrs, R Evans and Co. He was a member of the congregation of St Mary's Blackbrook [/center] [center][pic2]imgs/sppics/NPC2_Rbt_Hankinson.png[/pic2][/center] [center]A second entry read HANKINSON - Gunner Robert Hankinson, Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died of wounds, May 4th. Eternal rest grant to him, O lord. And let perpetual light shine on him. R.I.P From his sorrowing Mother, Brothers and Sisters. 4 Chain Cottages Date article printed not know - article scanned from original copy held by family (Photographs and transcription courtesy of Sue McCauley)[/center] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/HankinsonR_RFA.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Driver Robert Hankinson at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]