Category:Leefe Robinson

**Leefe Robinson**
	recipient of the Victoria Cross (1895–1918)
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Date of birth	14 July 1895; British Raj
Date of death	31 December 1918; Middlesex
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	1918-1920 flu pandemic; influenza;
Place of burial	All Saints Churchyard;
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;
Educated at	Dragon School; Bishop Cotton Boys' School; St. Bees School;
Occupation	fighter pilot;
Award received	Victoria Cross;
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	Q2579717; VIAF ID: 310665413; Library of Congress authority ID: nb2014019745; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 35804
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English: William Leefe Robinson VC (14 July 1895 – 31 December 1918) was the first British pilot to shoot down a German airship over Britain during the First World War. For this he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the first person to be awarded the VC for action in the UK.