Editing Henry Howey Robson

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{{Infobox military person
|name= Henry Howey Robson
|birth_date=27 May 1894
|death_date= 4 March 1964 (aged 70)
|birth_place= [[South Shields]], [[County Durham]]
|death_place= [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada
|placeofburial=[[York Cemetery, Toronto]]
|image= VCHenryHoweyRobson.jpg
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|allegiance={{UK}}
|serviceyears=
|servicenumber=No. 11340
|rank=Private
|branch=[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]
|commands=
|unit=[[Royal Scots]]
|battles= [[World War I]]
|awards= [[Victoria Cross]]
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'''Henry Howey Robson''' [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (18 February 1894 –  4 March 1964) was an [[England|English]] recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

Robson was 20 years old, and a [[Private (rank)|private]] in the Second Battalion, [[The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment)]], [[British Army]] during [[World War I]] when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Cross.

{{Quote|For most conspicuous bravery near [[Heuvelland|Kemmel]] on the 14th December, 1914, during an attack on the German position, when he left his trench under a very heavy fire and rescued a wounded Non-commissioned Officer, and subsequently for making an attempt to bring another wounded man into cover, whilst exposed to a severe fire: In this attempt he was at once wounded, but persevered in his efforts until rendered helpless by being shot a second time.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29074|supp=y|page=1700|date=16 February 1915}}</ref>}}

His Victoria Cross is now displayed at the [[The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland|Royal Scots Museum]] in the [[Edinburgh Castle]] of [[Scotland]].

Robson moved to Canada in 1923 (after selling his medals for the trip), married Alice Maud Martin and served as a [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario#Officers|Sergeant-at-Arms]] in the [[Ontario Parliament]] in the 1930s in Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/story/13441/|title = Henry Howey Robson (1894-1964)}}</ref> He retired as information clerk in 1954 and died at Sunnybrook Hospital in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/henry-h-robson-vc/4588068486|title=Henry H Robson VC - victoriacross}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Gliddon|first=Gerald|title=1914|series=[[VCs of the First World War]]|year=2011|orig-date=1994|publisher=[[The History Press]]|isbn=978-0752459080}}
*{{cite book|last=Whitworth|first=Alan |title=VCs of the North: Cumbria, Durham & Northumberland |year=2015|publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books]]|isbn=978-1473848221}}

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