William Leefe Robinson

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3192 x 5005 px | 27 x 42.4 cm | 10.6 x 16.7 inches | 300dpi

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1916

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Chronicle

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william leefe robinson is awarded the victoria cross for destroying a zeppelin over cuffley hertfordshire under very courageous conditions.

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