Gateway School 1933-38. Son of Thomas and Annie Robinson.
Sergeant Robinson was one of the crew of six of Wellington X9890 that failed to return from an operation to Munster in Germany. No trace of the aircraft was found. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 92.
Crew members:-
Pilot – P/O George Hamilton Webster, J/5471 RCAF
W/Op. Sgt Francis Godfrey “Lucky” Truscott, 1168521 RAFVR
Flt Sgt Francis Alexander Tait, R/70913, RCAF Sgt. George Marsh Robinson, 1169566, RAFVR Sgt. Peter Gray Milton, 997221, RAFVR
Sgt. Christopher John Irwin, 924231, RAFVR
Overlooking the River Thames on Cooper’s Hill in Runnymede, Surrey, is Runnymede Memorial, sometimes known as the Air Forces Memorial. The memorial commemorates more than 20,000 airmen and women who were lost in the Second World War during operations from bases in the United Kingdom and North and Western Europe who have no known grave.
