ROBINSON, George Edgar

Rank: 
Trooper
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), Royal Armoured Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
408973
Died : 
Tuesday, February 25, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
24
Cemetery/Memorial: 
George Robinson 50 Middle East Commando
Trooper George Robinson was reported missing presumed drowned whilst attempting to escape the enemy during operations on the enemy occupied Greek island of Kastellorizo.
He has no known grave. Son of George Edgar Robinson and of Jessie Robinson, of Dundee.
Report by Trooper Weston
 "During operations on the island of Casterosa on or about 28-2-41, I was on a patrol in a section consisting of Cpl. Bate (Section Commander), Tpr. Pollard, Tpr Blackburn, Pte. Tunstall, myself and two others, when owing to a large party of the enemy landing between us and our lines we were forced to stay as we were.  
We tried for 2 days to return to our own lines. When our forces withdrew we were left behind.  The following night Cpl. Bate and Pte Tunstall volunteered to swim to the Turkish shore and get a boat for the remainder of the section as two of us were poor swimmers. We never saw them again.
One night later the remainder of us set out for the Turkish shore. I entered the water with Tpr. Pollard and Tpr. Blackburn but in the dark we lost contact. They never reached the other side. I never saw anything of Tpr. Robinson."   
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/23 and WO417/49.
50 Me Cdo Casualty List 25th-28th Feb. 1941 in Crete - Ref. GRO2E/1188/69C / National Archives WO361/124.

Report by 323119 Tpr J. Weston, ME Depot Cdo. Ref. National Archives /WO361/124.
[Image] Report in the Dundee Courier 22 April 1941.
 
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