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OSWALD ROBSON
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Rank
Deck Hand
Regiment
MM S T OXFORD GRIMSBY
Address
Liverpool Street
Kingston upon Hull HU3 4XT
England
Kingston upon Hull HU3 4XT
England
Background
BORN HULL 1885. BETTER KNOWN AS 'NIPPER BURTON'. HIS WIFE MRS ROBSON LIVED AT 6 LIZZIES GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. MISSING, PRESUMED DROWNED, ON THE GRIMSBY TRAWLER, "OXFORD", ON 10/09/1914, AGED 29. (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS).
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 19TH JANUARY 1915. *
Date Died
10/09/1914
Died
TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age
29
Memorial
116 Koning Albert-I-laan
Blankenberge 8370
Vlaanderen
Blankenberge 8370
Vlaanderen
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