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Message for Charles Whall seeking Great Uncle Hugh Robinson kia WW1

Try these:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org

Historic Disclosures, Glasgow, Scotland Mail Point 400, Kentigern House, 65 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 8EX

National Archives at Kew, SURREY, TW9 4DU
Tel: 020 8876 3444
Web site: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Email: enquiry@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Veterans Agency www.veteransagency.mod.uk
The Agency is the single point of contact within the Ministry of Defence for providing information and advice on issues of concern to veterans and their families.
A free Helpline service 0800 169 2277, in working hours, Mon to Fri, will deal with enquiries from ex-Service personnel and their dependents.
The website contains information and links to other useful websites.

How to find Service Information
If you want information about someone who has died, you need to send a copy of their death certificate, unless they died in service. As service records are stored in various places around the country, to find the address you should write to for the records, contact the Veterans Agency, Norcross, Blackpool, FY5 3WP, Free Helpline 0800 169 2277, help@veteransagency.gsi.gov.uk If you are not a close relative (next of kin) you will also need the written permission of the closest relative. You may have to pay for the information.

The definition of a Veteran
The term veteran is used to mean all those who have served in the UK Armed Force, including their widow(er)s and dependents. If you have served in the UK Armed Forces, regardless of whether it was in war or during peace time or if you were a volunteer, reservist or national serviceman, you are considered to be a veteran.

London (and Glasgow and Belfast) Gazette
For details of citations and awards www.gazettes-online.co.uk
It's best to go into the archive section and search using a regimental number - but be aware, it has the worst search engine I have ever used !

Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum - Finding Out About A Particular Soldier
www.rnrm.org.uk/html/links.html
Ancestry - England & Wales Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes 1837-2004. www.ancestry.co.uk
Find my Past - Army lists, roll calls, records of births, marriages and deaths from 1656. www.findmypast.com/HomeServlet
The Royal Anglian Forums - Administered by Paul Bass, this majestic site has many links to the Vikings, Poachers, Pompadours with dozens of photographs. www.royalanglianforums.com

Editorial Rule
 To qualify for inclusion in the B&C there is only one rule - something described must have been said to have happened. 
The authority is the Editor, British Army Review No 114 Dec 96, `If the facts don`t fit the legend, print the legend’.

However, the rules of good taste, respect and confidentiality are always applied.

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Message for Charles Whall seeking Great Uncle Hugh Robinson kia WW1

Charles, my response to your e-mail address c.whall@ntlworld.com failed so here is the text of what I sent in response to your query:
I am trying to trace the details of two brothers (my great uncles) who are were killed in action during WW1. My mother informed me that they served in France/Belgium with the Royal Norfolk Regiment but all other details have since been lost through the years. I have a definite name of
one brother, Hugh Robinson, but am unsure of the other.
Obviously this information is not much to go on but I would appreciate your help on how to approach such an undertaking in order to revive the memory of these two lost brothers.

I have nothing on file but looked at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site at www.cwgc.org
where I found the following R Nfk WW1 casualties with the surname Robinson at: www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2802824

for HM Robinson 8 Jan 1916, Service No 1661.Grave/Memorial ref GREAT YARMOUTH (GORLESTON) CEMETERY, Norfolk.
See www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2745969

for A Robinson 29 May 1919, Service No 32677.Son of William and Mary Robinson, of Yelden. Grave/Memorial ref Near South-East corner of Church YELDEN (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Bedfordshire.
See www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=809332

for LCpl Cyril Robinson , 27 Jul 1916, Service No 14161. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson, of High St, Shipdham, Thetford, Norfolk. Grave/Memorial ref Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. (See www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=80800&mode=1) It is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72 000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 Mar 1918 and have no known grave.
See www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=21853

for Capt Charles Surtees Robinson, 13 Sep 1916. Son of Mr C T Robinson, of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Grave/Memorial ref Plot 2 Row D Grave 59 CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION (The majority of the graves in the extension are of officers and men who died of wounds in the 1916 Battle of the Somme).

That leaves another 100 pages of Robinsons I have not searched so I'll leave you to continue !