n.lamb Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Hi, I eventually found this man in ODGW but then failed to find him on CWGC website. Does anyone have any information that would help me further please. 2nd Lt Walter Robinson 5th Battalion (Territorial) Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) then Tank Corps Died 29.09.18 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Here you go, notice the different christian name: Name: ROBINSON, WILLIAM Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Unit Text: 5th Bn. Secondary Regiment: Tank Corps Secondary Unit Text: attd. 16th Bn. Date of Death: 29/09/1918 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 22. Cemetery: UNICORN CEMETERY, VEND'HUILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n.lamb Posted 28 October , 2007 Author Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Here you go, notice the different christian name: Thanks Tony, Why would the christian name be different? Maybe I have the wrong man. Walter Robinson is on the Haworth war memorial. W. Robinson T.C. (Tank Corps) is on the Haworth Conservative Club memorial - I assumed they were the same man! Thanks again. I'll keep looking for Walter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Stormin, Quite often, SDGW and CWGC differ in terms of names etc. SDGW does contain quite a lot of mistakes, but that isn't to say that the CWGC doesn't. It could be the same man, you never know............ Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Stormin Here is William's Medal Index Card http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...;resultcount=82. Regards Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn newell Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Thanks Tony, Why would the christian name be different? Maybe I have the wrong man. Walter Robinson is on the Haworth war memorial. W. Robinson T.C. (Tank Corps) is on the Haworth Conservative Club memorial - I assumed they were the same man! Thanks again. I'll keep looking for Walter. In my experience of researching soldiers I have often found men using their second names first and sometimes they tweak their names for all kinds of reasons, they were young men they might have wanted to be different from another namesake in their unit, these things happened Many men, for whatever reason had even signed up under a complete alias. Even more commonly used were nicknames as christian names, Jack for John and Fred for Norman were just a couple of examples I have encountered. All this adds to the mystery but it can stretch out research a bit. I now expect a few twists and turns. All the Best with your search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n.lamb Posted 28 October , 2007 Author Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Thanks kevin & martyn, I'll watch out for the twists and turns. Norman (Fred) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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