Robert, Grimmy and Tony1, thank you for responding to my search. I have very little information to help me search for my Father. Relevant documents such as pictures of him in his service uniform, letters, etc were lost through fire. In addition those who could help me find him had passed on before my fourth birthday. All that I have to help me search for my Father are: He was a British Soldier in the Anglo Boer War (1899 -1903) and the First World War (1914 � 1918), he was wounded, received several medals, which may include gallantry, and he walked with a cane.
Through Findmypast.com, Ancestry.com, and National Archives, I have been trying to put the puzzle together. In 1930�s, when he visited and worked briefly in Ghana (Gold Coast), he lived at 50 Herbing Street, Bury, Lancashire. My Father went by these names Robert Robinson, Robert W. Robinson, or R.W. Robinson. I do not know when died.
Tony1, thank you for helping me to see that R. Robinson with Soldier number 5099 could not be my father.
Thank you again.
unclerob