ROBINSON William Leefe
Lieutenant The Worcester Regiment 39 Squadron, Royal Flyiing Corps.
Other Decorations:
London Gazetted on 5 September 1916
Born on 14th July 1895. Tollideta, South Coorg, India
Died on 31st December 1918 at Stanmore Middlesex.
Memorial at Harrow Weald (All Saints) Churchyard Extension, Middlesex.

Digest of Citation reads:
On the night of 2/3 December 1916 over Cufley, Hertfordshire, Lieutenant Robinson sighted a German airship;
one of 16 which had left bases in Germany on a mass raid over England. The Lieutenant started an attack at a
height of 11,500 feet approaching from below and, closing to within 500 feet, raked the aircraft (A wooden
framed Schutte Lanz) with gunfire. As he was preparing to make another attack, the airship burst into flames and
crashed in a field.No witnesses were needed in the award to Lieutenant Robinson. The wreckage spoke for itself
when it hit the ground.When the airship was attacked it almost came down on top of Lieutenant Robinson. He
was shot down over enemy lines later in the war. He was taken prisoner and as such, he made many attempts to
escape. He was released from captivity on the cessation of hostilities in 1918. Unfortunately he died from
influenza on the 31st December 1918. Captain Robinson was engaged to Joan Whipple, the widow of Captain H C Whipple, who had been killed in action in December 1914.

following pictures courtesy of Alan Rissington