Robert Craig Robertson
Rank: Private
Service No: 4920
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 19/5/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (18th Bn.)
Cemetery: Le Touret Military Cemetery
Additional information: Son of Mr and Mrs William Robertson of 4 Barnflat Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Agnes Robertson.
1901 census information:
Address: 82 Springfield Road, Bridgeton.
Father: William (36) iron turner, born about 1875 in Glasgow.
Mother: Agnes (32) born about 1869 in Greenock.
Sister: Mary B (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow.
Brother: William G (7) born about 1894 in Glasgow.
Brother: James C (5) born about 1896 in Glasgow.
Self: Robert C (3) born about 1898 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Agnes (10 months) born about 1900 in Glasgow.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises William 46, Mary 19, William 17, James 15, Robert 13, Agnes 10, Hugh 7 and Arthur 5
Newspaper transcript – Mr and Mrs Robertson, 4 Barnflat Street, Rutherglen, have received official intimation of the death of their son, Private Robert C Robertson, H.L.I., who was killed by a sniper in France in May. He was in this 19th year, Private Robertson was previously, employed with Stewarts and Lloyds, Rutherglen.