Petty Officer Stoker Ernest William Robins
Royal Navy, HMS Drake D/K 8436
Date of Birth: 10th of May 1889
Place of Birth: Stonehouse, Plymouth
Date of Death: 21st of April 1941, aged 49
Buried: Teignmouth Old Cemetery, plot KK127
Awarded the 1939-45 Star and the War Medal 1939-1945
Son of William Richard and Caroline Robins (née Bryett), and husband of Susan Annie Robins of Teignmouth.
In the 1901 census, Ernest William Robins was living at 143, Queen Street, Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon, with Father William Richard Robins, 1856, a Labourer In Loco Department Great Western Railway, and Mother, Caroline Robins, 1851.
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Bessie Jane Robins, 1884 |
Harriet Kate Robins, 1893 |
| Ernest William Robins, 1890 |
In the 1911 census, Ernest William Robins is a Stoker in the Royal Navy.
In the 1939 register, Ernest William Robins is married to Susan Annie Robins and living at 39, Bitton Avenue, Teignmouth, Devon.
HMS Drake - The Navy gets ready for Christmas 1940 © IWM A 2261
Petty Officer Stoker Ernest William Robins was killed by enemy action on the 21st of April 1941, aged 52, when the Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport, HMS Drake, was bombed by the Luftwaffe.
In the 1941 probate, it was stated that Ernest William Robins and Susan Annie Robins were living at 26, Alexandra Terrace, Teignmouth, Devon.
Petty Officer Stoker Ernest William Robins, Royal Navy, HMS Drake D/K 8436
