Fähnrich Alex Robinson

[Chris Boonzaier]

Probably not much chance of finding any Info... but this guy has a rather English name...

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/64795-ek-to-an-anglophone/

[Glenn J]

Chris,

he did not survive the war. He was killed in action on 17 April 1918 Northeast of Fort de la Pompelle (Reims) as a Leutnant in Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 80.

Regards
Glenn

[Chris Boonzaier]

Thanks a million!! Dave, David, Tony and I were right there last year!!

[Dave Danner]

Alexander Paul Robinson was born on 15 February 1895 in Dresden as the son of the Rittergutsbesitzer Henry Robinson in Rinkendorf, Kreis Sorau, and his wife Luise née von Arnoldi. Henry Robinson and Luise von Arnoldi were married in Brighton, England in 1889, so I suppose he was originally English. Henry Robinson died on 14 January 1902 in Meran, Tirol, and the widow lived in Wiesbaden, where her family was from (she was from a Nassau Briefadel family), so that is probably why Alexander ended up in FR 80.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Thanks Dave!!

Pieces of the puzzle come together....

I had bought this some time last year, and only found it today... was stuck in a bag and not unpacked after the show....

[Tony]

The name Henry Robinson is a bit too common to find anything on the English side. After checking the Brighton connection I found two men with that name from the Brighton area, one was born in 1861, the other in 1870.

I couldn't find any Henry Robinson living in Brighton in 1891 so, assuming that's where Alexander's father grew up, he had already left for Germany by 1891.

When can I have it then Chris?

[Chris Boonzaier]

haha... this lands with the "Prize possesion!" lot ;-)

[Tony]

But Chris, I have his iron cross and a COA to go with it.

You can't say no after seeing the attached.