Robinson - Thomas
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal 10 November 1914
Matthew Robinson, assistant manager of Graham Department Store here, has received a message from his mother in Portadawn, Ireland, bearing the sad information that his two remaining brothers were killed while fight in England in the great European conflict. The message followed a former letter which told of the death of another brother of the local man. Of four boys in the family, Mr. Robinson of this city is now the only survivor, the war toll having claimed all the other three.
John Robinson, 17 years old, Mr. Robinson's youngest brother, died in an English hospital October 4, from wounds inflicted while in the fighting near Paris. He was taken to England with a host of injured and was placed in the care of the Red Cross nurses. His death occurred a few days after he was taken to England. Thomas Robinson, older brother of the Crawfordsville man, was killed on the battle field near Paris. He was married and is survived by his widow and 4 small children, besides his parents and the brother here. Thomas was 29 years old.
The third of the three boys to meet death while fighting for England was Richard Robinson, 19 years old, who was killed Sept 2. The mother of the young men is prostrated with grief and her letter to her son is pathetic. Her husband, the local man's father, is in the army camp in England now but will probably not go to the front.
Mr. Robinson left England 9 years ago. His elder brother was married then and the two others who have met death on the battlefield were lads of 8 and 10 years, respectively. Richard, even at that age, was talking of the time when he could become a member of the famous Cold Stream Guards. It was with this regiment that he was fighting when he was shot dead. At the time of Richard's death, September 2, John, the younger brother, had not gone to war. He was enlisted at the time but did not go to the continent until about September 12. -- kbz