Stanley James Robinson
Place of birth: Buckland, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Parents: Edwin Stanley Robinson and Mrs Elsie Robinson
Wife: Doris Eileen Robinson
Previous occupation: Schoolboy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Leading Signalman (Acting)
Service Number: JX131809
Joined Hood: 5th May 1934
Left Hood: 7th September 1936
Biographical Information: Stanley entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 5 June 1928, and served with distinction until 1953.He served in Hood for over two years. He was a fine sportsman: having previously won a boxing prize when under training, he won medals for both football and rowing whilst serving in Hood. His medals for these achievements are still in existence.Stanley specialised as a Signalman, and was advanced, then promoted, to Chief Petty Officer (Chief Yeoman of Signals) by 1942. He was in the thick of the action in World War 2, being sunk in the battleship Barham in 1941, and later being twice Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry while serving in the aircraft carrier Battler in support of the Salerno landings and in the Indian Ocean. Unusually, he changed branches to Aircraft Handler after the War, retaining his substantive rate of Chief Petty Officer. Following his discharge to naval pension in 1953, Stanley made good use of his naval firefighting skills by serving for thirty more years in the Hampshire Fire Service.Stanley came from a naval family: his father, Edwin Stanley Robinson, an Engine Room Artificer, was one of just three men who died in the destroyer HMS Zulu in 1916, when that vessel was badly damaged by a mine. Stanleys elder brother Norman also served in the RN, winning the DSM and bar.
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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
Mr Mark Collins, memorabilia collector