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VC562   Henry Howey Robson

BORN   27 May 1894

DIED   4 March 1964   AGE   69

VC Won    14 December 1914   AGE   20

Place VC Won   Petit Bois, Kemmel, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1914

Name   Henry Howey Robson   No.      

VC Issue No.   562   Awards   VC      

Regiment   Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), 2nd Battalion

Later   The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)

Now   1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland

Rank VC Won   Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   40 Hampden Street, South Shields, Co. Durham, England

Place Of Death   Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Buried/Location Ashes   York Memorial Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Military/ Veteran's Section, Plot B, Grave 302

Gazetted   18 February 1915

VC Presented   12 July 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, York Memorial Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Robson Close, Beechbrooke, Simonside, South Shields , Co. Durham

Robson Close, Beechbrooke, Simonside, South Shields , Co. Durham

By The Way…

He was always known as Harry Robson

VC Held By

Royal Scots Regiment Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Thank you to Robert Holloway for the headstone photo