HARROW WEALD (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Greater London Borough of Harrow
England
Identified Casualties 5.
Captain William Leefe Robinson, V. C.
Royal Air Force and worcestershire Regiment, died 31st December 1918, aged 23. Grave is located in the South East part.
Son of Horace and Elizabeth Robinson, of Kaima Betta Estate, South Coorg, Southern India. His brother Harold was also killed in Mesopotamia.
Citation: An extract from the London Gazette, dated 5th Sept., 1916, records:- "For most conspicuous bravery. He attacked an enemy airship under circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it crashing to the ground as a flaming wreck. He had been in the air for more than two hours, and had previously attacked another airship during his flight."
Royal Air Force and worcestershire Regiment, died 31st December 1918, aged 23. Grave is located in the South East part.
Son of Horace and Elizabeth Robinson, of Kaima Betta Estate, South Coorg, Southern India. His brother Harold was also killed in Mesopotamia.
Citation: An extract from the London Gazette, dated 5th Sept., 1916, records:- "For most conspicuous bravery. He attacked an enemy airship under circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it crashing to the ground as a flaming wreck. He had been in the air for more than two hours, and had previously attacked another airship during his flight."
