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	William Leefe Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Leefe Robinson's grave at All Saints' Church Cemetery
		William Leefe Robinson (1895–1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
		On the night of 2/3 September 1916 over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, Lieutenant Robinson, flying a Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2, sighted a German airship – one of 16 which had left bases in Germany on a mass raid over England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Leefe_Robinson (269 words)

	Worcestershire Regiment(29th/36th of Foot) Web site
		On the night of 2nd/3rd September 1916 over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, Lieutenant Robinson sighted a German airship - one of 16 which had left bases in Germany on a mass raid over England.
		Lieutenant Robinson was born at South Croog, India on the 14th July 1895.
		The same was forbidden to Captain Leefe Robinson, V.C., who, amongst others of Niemeyer's pet escapees, was being given continually small sentences of cells for absolutely no reason.
	www.worcestershireregiment.com /wr.php?main=inc/vc_robinson (322 words)

	List of Victoria Cross recipients by Name - R - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Reynolds — 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea
		William Thomas Rickard — 1855; Sea of Azov, Crimea
		William Robertson — 1899; Battle of Elandslaagte, South Africa
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Victoria_Cross_recipients_by_Name_-_R (422 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - William Leefe-Robinson
		Lieutenant William Leefe-Robinson (1895-1918) was only the fifth recipient of the Victoria Cross to receive the medal for action in (or, in his case, over) England.
		Although a further four such airships were also brought down later that year, Leefe-Robinson's initial success was greeted with jubilation by press and public alike, the first demonstration that German airships were not in fact invincible.
		A 'Black Hand Gang' was a raiding party or a selected group engaged in some desperate enterprise.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/leeferobinson.htm (165 words)

	Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was in the role of Zeppelin interceptor that the type achieved fame out of proportion with the rest of its performance.
		On the night of August 3 1916, a BE.2 flown by Captain William Leefe Robinson (William Leefe Robinson: william leefe robinson was an english recipient of the victoria cross, the highest and...
		Some 3,500 BE.2s were built by over 20 different manufacturers, and it formed the basis for a dedicated (but unsuccessful) fighter (fighter: A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air) version, the BE.12.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/royal_aircraft_factory_be21 (916 words)

	First World War.com - The War in the Air - Bombers: Germany, Zeppelins
		The incendiary bullets could set those leaks on fire, and once on fire a Zeppelin was doomed.
		William Leefe-Robinson, flying a BE2c, was the first to shoot down a dirigible over Britain, on the 2nd of September, 1916.
		The massive fire of the burning airship was visible for over a hundred miles.
	www.firstworldwar.com /airwar/bombers_zeppelins.htm (1890 words)

	List of years in aviation - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		November, English engineer William Samuel Henson makes the first complete draft of a power driven aeroplane with steam engine drive.
		William Henson and John Stringfellow build a steam powered model aircraft, with a wingspan of 10 ft (3.5 m) which successfully flies a distance of 40 m before crashing into a wall.
		William Boeing commences to build planes with his company, The Boeing Co
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/list_of_years_in_aviation.html (7162 words)

	William Leefe-Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Posted by James Wilson on Tue, 09 Dec 2003, in response to Leefe Robinson VC, posted by Malcolm Sampson on Tue, 01 Apr 2003
		We were told that Leefe Robinson had once lived there.
		William Leefe-Robinson : John Leefe -- Fri, 19 Mar 2004
	www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com /messages/genbbs.cgi/New/16985 (203 words)

	Scarce W.W.I. Zeppelin Matchbox Cover. 1916 (Chris Balm Early Aviation & Motoring Items) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This airship was part of a sixteen strong raid over London on the 3rd September 1916.
		The SL 11 was spotted and intercepted by 2nd Lt. William Leefe Robinson of No. 39 (Home Defence) Squadron while flying a DeHavilland BE2c night fighter biplane.
		This action considerably raised British morale, so much so that two days later, Leefe Robinson was awarded the Victoria Cross for his action.
	www.cjbalm.com /auto-aero/aitem37.htm (206 words)

	Zeppelin brought down over Potters Bar
		The man responsible for bringing the SL11 down was 2nd Lieutenant (later Captain) William Leefe Robinson.
		Flying a BE2C biplane with an open cockpit, which had a top speed of only 70 miles per hour, he emptied two of his ammunition drums into the airship, but failed to damage it.
		Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson was later made Captain and awarded the Victoria Cross (VC).
	www.brookmans.com /history/features/zeppelin/index.shtml (1107 words)

	AEROPLANE BOOKS - LIGHTER THAN AIR, LTA, AIRSHIPS, BALLOONS, ZEPPELIN
		He was awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down the first airship over London on the night of Feb. 3rd September 1916, photos, 128 pgs.
		It is claimed at Louis carier created the first wrist watch for him when he had to use both hands to steer his balloon,many photographs & illustrations, 160 pgs.
		MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS AND THE INVENTION OF AVIATION, Gillispie, Charles, Princeton University Press, 1983, f/f, see photo, inscribed to Douglas Robinson (author of LTA titles) by author,invention of aviation 1783- 1784, importance of ballooning for the science of heat & the art of building railroads, drawings, 210 pgs.
	www.aeroplanebooks.com /lta_pg1.htm (774 words)

	Victoria Cross Winners
		Private William Dolman Bees VC 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters At Moedwil South Africa on 30 September 1901, all the other members of his machine gun team being wounded he collected water for them at great risk under heavy Boer fire.
		For most of three days of desperate fighting he commanded the remnants of a Division and on the third day with complete disregard for his own safety he rode up and down the line under heavy fire of all sorts encouraging his men and reorganising and leading back those who had begun to retire.
		Sergeant William Henry Johnson VC 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters At Ramicourt on 3 October 1918 charged a German machine gun post single handed and bayoneted several of the occupants and capturing two machine guns.
	www.wfrmuseum.org.uk /vcwinners.htm (1297 words)

	HELLFIRE CORNER - Cemeteries in the Herts, Beds and Bucks area
		This was the airship famously brought down by the guns of Royal Flying Corps Captain William Leefe Robinson in his BE2C Biplane over Cuffley on September 3rd 1916, for which he received the Victoria Cross.
		Further to the Leefe Robinson subject, but still staying on the Airship raid of the same day that he earned his VC, one can see the large gravestone dedicated to two sisters, Frances Mary Louise and Eleanor Grace Bamford, in the church of Essendon, Herts (location 9).
		These were two daughters, aged 26 and 12 respectively, of the local Blacksmith, William J Bamford, who were killed during the same 3rd September 1916 raid by the bombs of one of SL-11's sister airships, the L-16.
	www.fylde.demon.co.uk /farrier.htm (1934 words)

	St Bees, Cumbria - village web Site
		Captain Stanley Kenworthy, formerly of Sea Croft, Captain R.J. Ford, a past science master at St. Bees School, and Jack Mawson of Flatt House, were among the dead.
		William Leefe-Robinson, who had been a pupil at St. Bees School as recently as 1914, was awarded the V.C. in 1916 for shooting down the first Zeppelin over Great Britain.
		He was one of a squadron sent to attack an armada of 16 airships on a night bombing raid over London.
	www.stbees.org.uk /publications/ds_100/ds_p2.htm (3556 words)

	shadygrove/dec04
		One, George Bennett, aged 43 and an engineer, was discharged and the other three: George Langford, 34, a painter, William Fairman, 38, a butcher and Arthur Davies, 58, a tailor, were all sentenced to between 9 and 15 months hard labour at Wormwood Scrubs.
		The loss of a rose bowl and other items in the autumn of 1916 is hardly a big deal in the grand scheme and the old man has understandably greater sadness on his mind when he reflects, in his autobiography, on the modern world:
		Meanwhile, William Watson, who appears in the Nominal Register of Admissions in between a soldier given six months hard labour for bigamy and a shoemaker given 25 days or £2 for assaulting a PC, began a five-year sentence at Wandsworth Prison.
	www.richardshepherd.net /dec04.htm (2477 words)

	[No title]
		This monumental ten-volume series, the first volume of which was published in 1996, and includes new information about long-range migration and taxonomic changes, along with the existing life history information, accounts of behaviour, ecology, distribution and migration records of practically every species found on the Indian subcontinent.
		William Anderson -- The Rise of the Gothic Hutchinson 1985.
		William Thomas Brande -- Outlines of Geology being the substance of a Course of Lectures delivered in the Theatre of the Royal Institution in the year 1816 John Murray 1817.
	www.hadley.co.uk /catalogues/SubCatHistory.htm (16963 words)

	39 (1 PRU) Squadron History (39 Squadron RAF Marham) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The BE2c was a stable aircraft with a top speed of 82 mph and a service ceiling of 11000ft.
		Despite the poor performance, on September 3rd 1916, Lt William Leefe-Robinson shot down the first Zeppelin to be destroyed over Great Britain.
		For this he became a popular hero and was awarded the Victoria Cross.
	www.rafmarham.co.uk /organisation/39squadron/39shistory.htm (2222 words)

	Any Amount of Books: Authors Q-R
		Literary study, Tennyson, William Cory, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Rennell Rodd, Aleister Crowley, etc. ISBN 0710067976.
		A lengthy collection of notes, aphorisms, translations, account of travel in Ireland etc., Author is the son of vorticist painter William Roberts.
		The author is the son of the artist William Roberts.
	www.anyamountofbooks.com /q-r.html (10562 words)

	Random House : Book extract from Patrick O'Brian
		It seemed they would return to Germany without loss, when RFC pilot Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, flying his BE2 C fighter on anti-Zeppelin patrol, came upon a Schutte-Lanz SL11 airship at 11,500 feet over north-east London.
		As he swiftly took evasive action, the Zeppelin burst into a gigantic ball of fire which illuminated the countryside around and was watched by the population of London.
		For this feat Lieutenant Robinson received the VC, and though German air raids continued until the last summer of the war from this time onwards their airships suffered increasing losses.
	www.randomhouse.co.uk /catalog/extract.htm?command=search&db=main.txt&eqisbndata=0712670254 (6438 words)

	[No title]
		It is now acknowledged by biographers (as Anglo-Indians have long believed) that men like William Pitt, Lord Roberts of Kandahar, Lord Liverpool and W. Thackeray, who contributed eminently to political life and to literature, were of partly Indian descent.
		A major shipment of Anglo-Indians was organised by Sir William Burton, a judge in Madras in 1844.
		In the First World War Victoria Crosses were won by William Leefe Robinson of the Royal Flying Corps and Reginald Alexander Warneford of the Royal Naval Air Service.
	www.alphalink.com.au /~agilbert/jjean1.html (2822 words)

	AIRSHIP > Nonfiction
		William H. Althoff: Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy
		William H. Althoff: USS Los Angeles: The Navy's Venerable Airship and Aviation Technology
		The story of the Royal Flying Corps pilot that was awarded the VC for shooting down the first airship (L21) over London on the night of 2/3 September 1916.
	spot.colorado.edu /~dziadeck/airship/nonfiction.htm (1425 words)

	Military (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Captain William Leefe Robinson VC, RFC, was the first aviator to bring down an airship over England at Cuffley in Hertfordshire, on 3 September 1916, for which he received the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
		Robinson's fame immediately became worldwide and honours and gifts were showered upon him.
		Shortly after his triumph he was sent to France as a Flight Commander and met in combat the notorious 'Red Baron', Manfred von Richthofen.
	www.thebookbay.co.uk /books/military.htm (379 words)

	Aeroclub & Blue Max Bristol F2b
		The first squadron to equip on the type and take the Bristol Fighter into action was 48 Squadron, RFC.
		On April 5, 1917, six F.2As led by Captain William Leefe-Robinson, VC, were intercepted by Albatros D.IIIs of Jasta II, personally led by Manfred von Richthofen.
		Handling the airplane like a standard two-seater, the 48 Squadron formation was badly mauled, with only two returning from the mission, and those badly damaged.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1999/may/aviation/tom_f2b.htm (2277 words)

	Victoria Cross Books - VCs of the First World War - Air VCs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The aircraft they flew were as varied as their individual character and social background, ranging from the BE2 and Morane 'L', to the SE5 and Nieuport Scout.
		The first and last VCs of the First World War were awarded posthumously: Second Lieutenant William Rhodes-Moorhouse RFC won the first air VC of the war in April 1915 flying a BE2c; Major Edward Mannock RFC died in action in uly 1918 flying an SE5a before he could be invested with the prestigious award.
		But not all the air VCs were awarded for actions over the Western Front and several recipients, like Lieutenant Richard Bell-Davies RNAS and Major W.A. 'Bill' Bishop RFC survived the war to rise to high office in their chosen Services.
	www.chapter-one.com /subbook.asp?book=94&sort=loc (383 words)

	Welland Family History - Person Page 31
		Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson a WWI airman was born circa 1895.
		Leefe Welland was named after Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson a WWI airman.
		[S20] Marriage of William and Ada, in Marriage Certificate Copy, Neal Welland's Library, 86 Cannon Hill Road, Canley, Coventry, West Midlands, England.
	www.well-and.co.uk /Welland-p/p31.htm (326 words)

	Aircraft Made in Lincoln
		The first German airship to be destroyed over England was brought down in 1916 by a BE2C built by Ruston, Proctor.
		It was piloted by Captain William Leefe-Robinson RFC, who received the VC for this feat.
		The Sopwith Camel flown by Captain Roy Brown that was involved in the shooting down of the Red Baron, Manfred von Ricthofen, in 1918 was built by Clayton and Shuttleworth Ltd at the Titanic Works, Lincoln.
	www.aquila.btinternet.co.uk /aviation/books/airlin.htm (400 words)

	Bentley Old Vicarage Nature Reserve
		He was responsible both for the original building, dedicated in 1849, and the enlargements, completed in 1890.
		Although part of the municipal cemetery this is maintained far more harmoniously than the main cemetery, with many wild flowers to appreciate.
		At the southern tip look out for the grave of William Leefe Robinson, awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in shooting down a Zeppelin over Enfield during the first world war.
	www.geocities.com /steve_bolsover/bov_home.html (1263 words)

	Allies
		VC005 - William Leefe Robinson - Robinson was one of only 5 individuals since the institution of the award in 1854 who was awarded the Victoria Cross for action over England.
		On September 2, 1916 while on a night patrol he sent the German airship, Schutte Lanze, down in flames.
		VC006 - Harold M. Ervine-Andrews - Andrews received his Victoria Cross for incredible heroism during the evaucation of Dunkirk in 1940.
	www.hotlinecy.com /victoriacross.htm (458 words)

	ipedia.com: 1916 in aviation Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		August 2 - Lt William Leefe-Robinson, RFC shoots down Zeppelin Schütte-Lanz SL 11 in a BE.2c.
		November 28 - Central London is bombed by an LVG C.II flown by R. Brandt
		June 29 - the B&W;, William Boeing's first aircraft.
	www.ipedia.com /1916_in_aviation.html (437 words)

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