Harold Brindley Robb
1893–1917 (age 24)
Biography
Harold Brindley Robb (1893–1917) was a mechanical engineer whose promising career was cut short by the First World War. Born in the final years of the nineteenth century, he came of age during a period of rapid industrial and technological advancement, when engineering expertise was increasingly valued in modern society.
Robb's death at just 24 years old represents one of the countless losses of talented young men during the Great War. His training as a mechanical engineer suggests he possessed the technical knowledge and innovative spirit that characterized the progressive engineers of his generation. He was buried at Wandsworth Cemetery.