Franks Robinson
Irish field hockey player
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Group Captain Franks Lubbock Robinson DSO MC DFC ADC (30 March 1886 – 5 November 1949) was an Irish field hockey player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a decorated officer of the Royal Marines, British Army and Royal Air Force.[1]
Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland
Saint Brélade, Jersey
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| Full name | Franks Lubbock Robinson | ||||||||||||||||
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30 March 1886 Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
5 November 1949 (aged 63) Saint Brélade, Jersey | ||||||||||||||||
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Robinson was educated at Edinburgh House School and St Columba's College in Dublin. In 1908, he represented the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as a member of the Irish national team, which won the silver medal.
Previously a teacher who was master at Eton College, Robinson commissioned in the Royal Marines Artillery in 1914.[1] In September 1915, he received the Military Cross while serving with the Artillery in Ypres,[1] "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as Artillery Observing Officer."[2] He later transferred into the army's Royal Flying Corps in 1916, became a pilot, and served with them in France and Belgium, then from 1917 in Mesopotamia (later Iraq) where he transferred next year to the new Royal Air Force.[1] He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1921.[3]
In 1933, he was appointed an aide-de-camp to King George V.[4] He retired in 1939.[5]
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