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O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Stirling Robinson, O.B.E., who was born in April 1886, entered the Royal Navy pre-Great War and received advancement to Lieutenant in December 1908, subsequently serving aboard H.M.S. Philomel off Somaliland. Stationed at Chatham by the outbreak of hostilities, he joined H.M.S. Arethusa and was wounded in the action against the German Squadron off Heligoland Bight on 28 August, when the enemy Cruisers Mainz, Adriadne and Koln were sunk (London Gazette 21.10.1914 refers). Next transferring to the Royal Naval Air Service, he was appointed a Flight Commander in April 1916 and specialised in Airships. Employed at Kingsnorth Airship Station, Nore Command, he was a Pilot and Flight Commander of the SS14 and afterwards C.O. of the NS1, and very probably flew both operationally on Anti-Submarine duties. Certainly he flew the SSZ57 in May 1918, by which time he was a Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.A.F., notching up around 130 miles. Awarded the O.B.E. in June 1919, Robinson attended an Investiture at Buckingham Palace in March 1920. He died in December 1942.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Stirling Robinson, O.B.E., who was born in April 1886, entered the Royal Navy pre-Great War and received advancement to Lieutenant in December 1908, subsequently serving aboard H.M.S. Philomel off Somaliland. Stationed at Chatham by the outbreak of hostilities, he joined H.M.S. Arethusa and was wounded in the action against the German Squadron off Heligoland Bight on 28 August, when the enemy Cruisers Mainz, Adriadne and Koln were sunk (London Gazette 21.10.1914 refers). Next transferring to the Royal Naval Air Service, he was appointed a Flight Commander in April 1916 and specialised in Airships. Employed at Kingsnorth Airship Station, Nore Command, he was a Pilot and Flight Commander of the SS14 and afterwards C.O. of the NS1, and very probably flew both operationally on Anti-Submarine duties. Certainly he flew the SSZ57 in May 1918, by which time he was a Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.A.F., notching up around 130 miles. Awarded the O.B.E. in June 1919, Robinson attended an Investiture at Buckingham Palace in March 1920. He died in December 1942.