More about Thomas Albert Robinson

Thomas A Robinson was the son of Mrs T Nichols, formerly Robinson, of the Britannia Inn, Summer Lane, Birmingham. He was the husband of Annie T B Murphy, formerly Robinson, of 75 Rosebank Street, Dundee. He worked as a Butcher’s Assistant until he joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in 1907. After initial training at HMS Ganges , a Shore Establishment at Shotley in Suffolk, he was drafted to the cruisers HMS Sutlej, Natal and Charybdis. In 1911 he transferred to the submarine service and spent time with the submarine flotilla at Dundee and remained in submarines for the rest of his service. Thomas lost his life when HM Submarine H3 struck a mine off present day Kotor in Montenegro in the Adriatic and sank with all hands. He is named on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Chatham, Kent.

Submarine H3 was patrolling of the Austrian Naval Base at Cattaro in the Adriatic when she struck a mine and sank with the loss of the 22 man crew.

Thomas Albert Robinson   239739   Royal Navy

ROBINSON—Lost his life on duty on one of H.M. ships, on his 25th birthday, Thomas Albert Robinson, the dearly beloved husband of Annie Blackie, late of Dundee.

Dundee Peoples Journal 12th August 1916