Reginald Robbins was born on 26 August 1918, a son of Thomas Robbins (1881-1945) and Annie Isabella Robbins née Everest (1886-1972). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1918 in the Greenwich registration district.
When his parents were married in 1911 their address shown on the marriage register was 54 Etta Street, Deptford and they were still there when the 1939 England Wales Register was undertaken on which he is shown as general labourer at the Royal Victoria Yard, Admiralty, living with his parents, his maternal widowed grandmother, Isabella Everest (1851-1940) and his brother Leonard John Robbins (1913-1980). His father was described as an assistant storekeeper and his brother as general labourer, both at the Royal Victoria Yard, Admiralty.
In the 1st quarter of 1942 he married Iris Barbara Mortimore (1922-2007) in the Deptford registration district, London
He joined the Royal Artillery, service number 946046, and as a Gunner he was serving in the 114 (Sussex) Field Regiment when he died, aged 25 years, on 14 April 1944 in Burma. He was buried near where he died and on 17 November 1944 his body was exhumed and reburied in Plot 8, Row G, Grave 20 in the Kohima Military Cemetery, M493+39V, Midland Colony, Kohima, Nagaland 797005, India.
He is shown as Robbins R on the Royal Victoria Yard war memorial that is located at The Colonnade, Grove Street, London, SE8. He is also commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website and on the Lewisham War Memorials website.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
