POW shot on "Death March" April 1945 - L/Sgt Hoodless Robinson 7th NF

Just at random searched for 'First or Middle Name = Hoodless'

Theres the one above of course but in:
Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945

Name: Hoodless McIntyre
Given Initials: H R
Rank: Lieutenant
Death Date: 26 Sep 1944
Number: 186410
Birth Place: Northumberland
Residence: Northumberland
Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Artillery
Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery
Theatre of War: Italy
Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery
Branch at Death: Royal Artillery

In this database - UK, Royal Air Force Airmen Records, 1918-1940 there are:
Robert Henry Hoodless Williamson 4 Mar 1872 Carlisle, Cumberland, England 7 Jun 1918 193758

Arthur Richard Hoodless Young 18 May 1899 Boscombe, Boscombe, Sussex, England 29 Apr 1918 175029


There are more than you think in fact in total there are 261 references to 'Hoodless'

TD

edited to add:
Searching for Hoodless as a surname gives on Ancestry - 11,526 results

 

Enjoyed reading the Hoodless surname meaning. Only one born Scotland with that as a first name, but 58 births post 1855 with the surname Hoodless.

 

Yes, I saw that but the obvious link for ROBINson HOODless......?

 

Here you go, courtesy of my friend Chris Thomas

 

Excellent, very many thanks, now waiting on a reply from the CWGC...
cheers,
Rick

 

Fingers crossed he can be given a recognised grave. Could you pm me the address you wrote to at CWGC if you could be so kind

 

Hoodless was the best man at my grandparents wedding, they were married on 31st Dec 1927 in St Agnes Church Crawcrook

 

Davidi, do you have a picture of Hoodless? My Grandfather was with the 7th Bn and also captured

 

Any progress with cwgc ?

 

I would like to say I am very grateful to learn more about 2649264 Lance Serjeant Hoodless Robinson’s service during the war.

I would also like to shed some light on the origins of his unusual first name.

I am currently researching my wife Julia's family tree. Her 3rd great grand father Christopher Robinson married Isabella HOODLESS in Bowness-on-Solway, Cumberland (present day Cumbria) in 1827.

They had 11 children and, possibly having run out of ideas, named their youngest Hoodless (b. 1847) after his mother’s family name - not too uncommon in those days.

Hoodless married Jane Knox in 1867 in Morpeth, Northumberland. They also had 11 children and, perhaps unsurprisingly, named their second youngest son Hoodless. Their youngest son, John William (b. 1883), is my wife’s great grandfather.

Four of Hoodless and Jane’s children: Isabella (married name Nicholson), Christopher, Andrew and John William also named a son Hoodless (now heading up the name charts in Northumberland) i.e. 4 cousins named Hoodless, 3 of them Hoodless Robinson! (hope they didn't go to the same school)

It is Christopher’s son Hoodless who joined the Royal Northumbrian Fusiliers and attained Lance Serjeant, following in his father’s footsteps. Christopher made Lance Serjeant but was medically discharged in 1915, with good character, after only 79 days service.

Incidentally, John William’s son 7519257 Corporal Christopher (Kit) Robinson RAMC (Lance Serjeant Hoodless’s cousin) was killed in action on 29th July 1944 during the Normandy break-out operations [possibly attached to the 50th Northumbrian Infantry Division – but I’m not sure about this, any information would be gratefully received] He is laid to rest in the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Tilly-sur-Seulles.

 

You could apply for his service records - only available from the MOD link to forms here Request records of deceased service personnel

TD

 

OP may find some details of his Coldstream Guards service in the CG records released by FMP since this topic was started several years ago.

Steve

 

Did nothing come of getting his burial place recognized by the CWGC ?

 

A Christmas card sent home from Stalag VIIIB in 1941 from "Hood"