Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book_m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mary Jane, dau. of (--), and had a son, Alexander, _b._ 8 April, 1909. =ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 173, B Coy., 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Laurence Henry Robertson, of Aywick, East Yell, Shetland, Seaman and Carpenter, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William James Jamieson; _b._ East Yell aforesaid, 24 Sept. 1892; educ. Public School there; went to Australia in Nov. 1911, and settled at St. Mary's, Sydney, and was employed in a leather factory; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, and joined the 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt, Nov. 1914, and died at Cairo, Egypt, 9 March, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._ [Illustration: =William James Robertson.=] =ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, of Mounteagle, Fearn, Ross-shire, Major, 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F), eldest _s._ of the late John Robertson, of Mounteagle, by his wife, Alexandrina Mary, dau. of Robert Matheson of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 18 June, 1868; educ. Tain Royal Academy; was an old Volunteer and Territorial officer; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 1st Seaforth Volunteers (afterwards the 4th Territorial Battn. of the Seaforth Highlanders), 10 March, 1897, and became Capt. 4 Jan. 1905, and Major 10 May, 1914: volunteered with his Battn. for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 10 March, 1915. Buried at Vieille Chapelle. He was a member of the Ross County Council, and had the Volunteer decoration and the Long Service medal. He _m._ at Tain, 30 July, 1902, Minnie Henderson (Mounteagle, Tain), dau. of Andrew Fraser, of North Glastullich, Tain, and Balaldie, Fearn, and had a son: John Andrew Fraser, _b._ 1 Oct. 1908. =ROBERTSON, WILLIAM KEITH=, Private, No. 81751, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of David Robertson, of Court Lodge, Caterham, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Dr. William May; _b._ Warley, co. Essex, 26 Feb 1893; educ. Tonbridge School; went to Canada in March, 1914, and settled in Saskatchewan on a ranch; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War; came over with the second contingent in Feb. 1915; went to France, 1 May, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Festubert (K5 Illirs, Voilanies). [Illustration: =William Keith Robertson.=] =FORBES-ROBERTSON, KENNETH=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, elder _s._ of the late Farquhar Forbes-Robertson, of Slead Hall, co. York, by his wife, Laura (2, Keynsham Bank, Cheltenham), dau. of C. H. Macaulay, of Slead Hall, Yorks; _b._ Slead Hall aforesaid, 17 April, 1882; educ. Cheltenham College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Seaforth Highlanders, 11 Aug. 1900; promoted Lieut. 10 May, 1902, and Capt. 6 April, 1911; served (1) in East Africa, 1904; took part in the operations in Somaliland, and action at Jidballi (medal with two clasps); (2) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908; took part in the operations in the Zakha Khel country; also in operations in the Mohmand country and the engagement of Matta (medal with clasp); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 5 Oct. to 7 Nov. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action in Ploegsteert Wood while leading a reconnoitring party; _unm._ =ROBINS, FREDERICK JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2796), S.S. 100030, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ROBINS, HENRY GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3365), 191262, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ROBINSON, ABRAHAM BURCHELL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14971, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ROBINSON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Blacksmith, 341124, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ROBINSON, ALBERT VENIS=, E.R.A., R.N.R., 862 E.A., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ROBINSON, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10255), 204049, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ROBINSON, ALFRED ELLIOT SOMERS=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3rd _s._ of William George Robinson, of Kelvinside, Glasgow, late Sergt.-Major R.E., by his wife, Clara; _b._ Bermuda, 5 Sept. 1878; educ. Garnethill School, Glasgow; enlisted 10 Sept. 1894; served in the Tirah Campaign, 1897-98 (medal with three clasps); was given a commission in the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers, 9 April, 1915; went to France, 24 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 16 June, 1915. Gen. Gough, in a letter to his wife, said he could not express too deeply his opinion of this officer's gallantry, and enclosed an extract of his report as follows: "At Givenchy, 16 June, showed very gallant conduct in leading his platoon to the attack of a strongly entrenched enemy. He was well ahead of his men, and had reached the enemy's wire, when he was killed." He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 30 Nov. 1915. He was a very good shot, was in the regimental team for several years, and in the army sixty in 1909, when stationed in Dublin. He _m._ at Leyton Parish Church, 5 Aug. 1905, Elise Esther (37, Sister's Avenue, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W.), dau. of Jean La Bastie, of Pau (who served in the Franco-German War, 1870), and had two children: Adele Velma, _b._ 27 Sept. 1907; and Violette Marie, _b._ 5 Dec. 1909. His yr. brother, Wilfred Gower Robinson, was killed in action at Ypres, 25 April, 1915. [Illustration: =Alfred Elliot S. Robinson.=] =ROBINSON, FRANK=, Sergt., No. 1362, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of James Robinson, of George Hill, Robertsbridge, Chauffeur, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Charles Laurence; _b._ George Hill, Robertsbridge, co. Sussex, 5 July, 1894; educ. Salehurst School, there; was Sawyer at the Robertsbridge Timber Mills; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 13 May, 1911, and rose to the rank of Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war; left for France, 18 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station 9 May, 1915, of wounds received the previous day at Festubert. Buried, New Cemetery, Chocques; _unm._ He had been recommended for a commission, and would have received one in a few days. [Illustration: =Frank Robinson.=] =ROBINSON, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3228), 191640, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ROBINSON, FRANK STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9257, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late (--) Robinson, by his wife, Catherine (now wife of (--) Sainty, of 1, Baptist Lane, Broad Street, King's Lynn); _b._ Tilney All Saints, co. Norfolk, 29 Dec. 1891; educ. Tilney All Saints Public School; enlisted 18 Sept. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and |