Robert Armienson

Armienson enlisted at Nottingham and died in Mauritius of malaria.

Phoenix Cemetery Mauritius Grave Reference: 12 3 The inquest into the death of one of his children, eight year-old William Wilfred Armienson, was held at the General Hospital on 8th January 1917 and was reported on 9th January 1917 in the Nottingham Daily Express. 'RAN IN FRONT OF TAXI. Eight-Year-Old Son of Nottingham Soldier Killed. A verdict of Accidental Death was returned at the inquest, yesterday, [8th January 1917] at the Nottingham General Hospital, on the body of William Wilfred Armienson, aged eight, of 3 Kyte-street, Lenton, who was run over by a taxi-cab at the corner of Derby-road and Lenton Boulevard on Friday morning. [5th January 1917] The mother told the coroner that the boy's father was a soldier, Robert Armienson, who fought with the Royal Garrison Artillery in East Africa. Deceased had suffered from paralysis of the legs. The accident was described by a playmate, Albert Hallatt, aged nine, of 7, Kyte-street. Four or five boys, including witness and the deceased, were playing at the corner of Derby-road and Lenton Boulevad when a cart came along. Witness's brother was riding on the cart, and the lads ran across the road for the purpose of having a ride. While deceased was running across, a taxi-cab knocked him down; “it went right over his neck,” said Hallatt, who added, “I held one boy back or he would have been killed.” Always Drove Carefully John Capps, another eye-witness, said the motor driver slowed down to six or seven miles an hour as he approached the corner, and did not think that the driver was in any way to blame. “The car seemed to plunge on to the lad,” said the witness, “and I think death must have been instantaneous.” In answer to Mr. J. T. Thompson, foreman of the jury, witness said he was certain that the hooter was sounded as the car approached the corner. The driver of the car did not offer to take the lad to the hospital, but witness, the driver, and the occupant of the car remained with the lad until the motor ambulance arrived.Charles Leighton, the driver of the motor ambulance, agreed that the lad was dead when lifted from the ground. Moses Richard Smith, Main-street, Bulwell, who was riding on the front of the taxi-cab with the driver, said the latter remarked to him as he approached the corner that he always drove very carefully just there. Boys, he mentioned, were very fond of playing at the spot. As they reached the corner, two lads ran across the road. One managed to escape, but the other was caught. The driver pulled up immediately, and Mr. Capps went for two doctors, both of whom were not at home. Witness thought the reason the driver did not offer to take the deceased to the hospital was because he was killed on the spot. The jury, in passing their verdict, exonerated the driver from blame, and also tendered their sympathy to the mother.' Newspaper report courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918 Research by Peter Gillings