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Capt. · 3 East Yorkshire Regiment, attd. 2 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

George Upton-Robins

† 05/05/1915 · 36 jaar · Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, Annexe Mem. A.1.

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamUpton-Robins
InitialenG.
VoornaamGeorge
Geboortedatum en -plaatsWheathampstead; 02.12.1878
AdresLee House, The Folly, Nr. Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
FamilieSon of George and Flora (nee Sheppard) Upton Robins, of Wheathampstead, Herts; husband of Beryl Robins, of The Cottage, Old Windsor, Berks.

Extra informatie

Information
Educated at Haileybury College and Magdalen College, Oxford (no degree).
Information 2
Partner in a firm of London and China merchants. Spent a lot of time in Shangai. Passionate sportsman. Fond of poetry. Published book of verse in 1912: 'Lays of the Hertfordshire Hunt and Other Poems' (second edition in 1916).

Militaire gegevens

RangCapt.
Regiment / Eenheid3 East Yorkshire Regiment, attd. 2 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Sterfdatum
Leeftijd36
Begraafplaats / GedenktekenRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Zillebeke, Annexe Mem. A.1.

Andere informatie

Information
Tubby's first cousin. On several occasions end Oct. early Nov. 1918 he tried to locate George's grave. On 02.11.1918 he found a badly damaged cross bearing his name.

Media

Bronnen

Source
Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell: index
Source 2
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