Charles had seen much front-line service in India, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Egypt since being commissioned in 1940. His battalion moved to Italy in October 1943 and played a major part in the crossing of the River Garigliano during which he was killed in action on Tuesday 11^th January 1944 at the age of 29. Charles is also one of three OWs to lie in Minturno War Cemetery, Italy.

Son of Alexander Robson & Alice Helena Robson of Finchampstead, Berkshire.

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See also the Commonwealth War Graves Commission permanent digital memorial, ‘Evermore: Stories of the fallen’ relating to:-
Major Charles Alexander Noel ROBSON