Guardsman Robert Robinson

[Erfgoed 40-45]

Good day,
My name is Raimondo Bogaars, and I am doing research for the foundation Erfgoed 40-45, gemeenten Valkenswaard en Waalre.
Our foundation, collects, preserves and educates the history of World War II in the vicinity of Valkenswaard en Aalst-Waalre, Holland.
At the moment my research is focused on the soldiers who died during the battle for Valkenswaard. These soldiers fought and died on th 17th of september 1944, during the opening battles of operation Market Garden.

For this I am looking for relatives and information of:

Robert Robinson
Rank: Guardsman
Service No: 2723635
Date of Death: 17/09/1944
Regiment/Service: Irish Guards
Born in Liverpool, residence Birkenhead.

Maybe you could help me in any way.

All the best from Holland,
Raimondo Bogaars

www.erfgoed40-45.nl

[MaryA]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

The CWGC site only seems to confirm your own findings, but does give an age which could help.

Rank:Guardsman
Service No:2723635
Date of Death:17/09/1944
Age:19
Regiment/Service:Irish Guards 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 3.
Memorial:GROESBEEK MEMORIAL

There are various births in the indexes that could be him, even narrowing it down to one year each side of 1925
Births Jun 1924 Robinson Robert Collins W Derby 8b 760
Births Sep 1924 Robinson Robert Swiney Liverpool 8b 254
Births Mar 1926 Robinson Robert Needham Liverpool 8b 162
Births Sep 1926 Robinson Robert Barlow Liverpool 8b 177

The name in the middle of each line is the mother's maiden name.

[Erfgoed 40-45]

Thank you for this. This gives me more to work with.