Headstone
Location of Grave:
Old Windsor, Church Road Cemetery
EDWARD ROBINSON V.C.
ABLE SEAMAN
MEDAL WON: INDIAN MUTINY, 13 MARCH 1858.
GAZETTED: 24 DECEMBER 1858.
BORN: PORTSEA, 17 JUNE 1838.
DIED: WINDSOR CASTLE ESTATE, 2 OCTOBER 1896.
MEDAL: NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH.
Details of the Award
On 13 March 1858 at Lucknow, India, some sandbags on top of the earthworks were on fire.
The enemy were only 50 yards away at this time, but Able Seaman Robinson, under heavy
fire, jumped up and extinguished the fires in some of the bags and threw others clear. He was
severely wounded.
Further Information
The headstone was restored in 2000, see:
www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/bbrobins.htm
