Kenneth Ellwood Robinson

Rank:

Lieutenant

Unit at enlistment:

76th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Paris Cemetery, Paris, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Paris Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth city:

Montreal, Quebec

Address at enlistment:

Paris, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Paris, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Bank clerk

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX October 8, 1918

In the official report of casualties from Ottawa today Lieutenant Kenneth Ellwood Robinson of Paris is reported as wounded.

BX October 5, 1918

Wounded

Word has been received by his parents, Mayor and Mr. C.B. Robinson, Paris that Lieutenant Kenneth Robinson has been wounded in action in the recent severe fighting. Details of the wounds received have not as yet been received. Lieutenant Robinson was a former member of the 215th Battalion.

BX March 29, 1961

Former Town Clerk, K.E. Robinson Dies

PARIS – A well-known Paris resident, Kenneth E. Robinson of 14 Warwick Street, died yesterday at the Willett Hospital in his 66th year.

Born in Montreal, he lived in Paris most of his life. He served in the First World War, earning his commission on the field with the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion. In the last war, Mr. Robison was in charge of “C” Company of the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles.

Mr. Robinson was secretary-treasurer of the Walker Press and Kaumograph Ltd. For the last 25 years. Prior to that he was the Paris town clerk for six years. He served as a Councillor for several terms. He was an elder of the Paris Presbyterian Church. He was a member of the Brantford Golf and Country Club and the Paris Legion.

He is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Moffat; a son, Ian, of Toronto; his father, C.B. Robinson; two sisters, Mrs. Edgar Harold and Mrs. R.C. McLaughlin; a brother Stanley, all of Paris and two grandchildren.

Hi is resting at Bruce B. Smith Funeral Home, Paris, where the service will be conducted on Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Walter Kennedy officiating. Interment will be in Paris Cemetery.