Early Life :

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Detail :

An report of his death appears in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer on the 26th September, 1917 - "LIEUT. GEORGE ROBSON, Seaforth Highlanders who was killed in action on the 20th inst., was the only son of the late Mr. George Robson, ehad of the engineering works of George Robson (Limited), South Shields. He was 35 years of age, and was Lloyd's surveyor at Odessa at the outbreak of the war, when he at once joined the coulours. in his pre-war days he was a notable forward in the Westoe Rugby Football Club, and several times turned out for Durham County."

His portrait and article appear in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News 8th December, 1917 "Sec.-Lt George Robson, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action in France last September at the age of thirty-five years, was the only son of the founder of the firm of George Robson, Ltd., engineers and ship repairers, South Shields. A splendid type of man, Lt. Robson stood 6ft. 1 1/2 in., and weighed over 18st. when he joined the army as a private. He was a seagoing engineer who had an extra chief engineer's certificate ans was appointed surveyor to Lloyd's. Educated at South Shields High School and Fettes College, he played in school teams and afterwards for the Westoe R.F.C., and also represented Durham County. An energetic and hardworking forward, he was, while temporarily resident in Dewsbury, invited to join the N.U. team, and when at Cardiff in 1910 turned out with the famous local team. At the time he represented Lloyd's at Odessa he raised and coached a Rugby team, of which he was a member, and also acted as hon. secretary of the British and American Club there. On the occasion of opening the club premises he was presented with a gold medal in recognition of his fine services. Lt. Robson was also a member of South Shields Rowing Club, and took part in several of the local regattas with varying success. He saw two years' active service, and was twice wounded before losing his life, when assisted by two other officers and fifteen men, he attack a greatly superior number of the enemy with complete success."

Masonic :

George was overlooked for inclusion in Part 1 of the 1921 book, but appears incorrectly in Part 2 for the decode of Robson G. He does, however, appear fully under St. Hilda's Lodge in the 1933 scroll. He had been confused with George Robson of Napier Clavering Lodge. He is a 23 year old Engineer from South Shields when initiated into the Lodge in 1905. He has war service from 1914 and the final entry is "Killed in Action Septr 1917."

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley