The Hero Airman - Victoria Cross flying ace Lieutenant WL Robinson receives presentation gift from children cottage homes at Romford, Essex - 1916.
Opens with shot looking down a long line of little girls; all in white pinafores; black stockings; all waving handkerchiefs in excitement; a woman...
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"Lieutenant WL Robinson is (William) Leefe Robinson VC.
Robinson won his Victoria Cross after becoming the first British pilot to shot down a German airship. Details of the action for which he was awarded the medal can be found here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leefe_Robinson
In 1917 he was captured by the Germans - although he survived the war, he sadly died on 31 December 1918 of Spanish Flu.
LEEFE ROBINSON ALSO FEATURES IN CLIPS 236.13, 1866.34 AND 2478.08.