Thomas T Robertson
Rank: Private
Service No: 44112
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 19/04/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots (16th Bn.)
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Additional information: Son of James and Helen Alexander Robertson, 134 Farmeloan Road, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs Robertson, 134 Farmeloan Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Wife Isabella Robertson.
1901 census information:
Address: 155 James Street, Glasgow.
Father: James (50) slater, born about 1851 in Irvine.
Mother: Helen (50) born about 1851 in Glasgow.
Sister: Helen (31) born about 1870 in Glasgow.
Brother: David (19) mason apprentice, born about 1882 in Glasgow.
Brother: Hugh (16) mason apprentice, born about 1885 in Glasgow.
Self: Thomas (16) slater apprentice, born about 1885 in Glasgow.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Calton. The family comprises James 66, Helen Alex 65, David 29, Hugh 25 and Thomas 25.
Newspaper transcript – Robertson. – Died of wounds, in 24th General Hospital, France, on the 19th April, Pte. Thomas Robertson, Royal Scots, beloved husband on Isabella Hughes, 134 Farmeloan Road, Rutherglen, youngest son of Mr James Robertson, 39 Landressy Street, Bridgeton. – Interred Etaples Cemetery.
Dear Tom, ’tis sweet to breathe thy name.
In life I loved you very dear,
In death I do the same.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. T. Robertson, Rutherglen. Mrs Thomas Robertson, 134 Farmeloan Road, Rutherglen, has been notified that her husband, Pte, Thomas Robertson, Royal Scots, died of wounds on April, 19. Prior to enlisting he was employed in the National Projectile Factory, Mile End.
Also commemorated on the memorial at St Johns Operative Lodge No 347, Rutherglen.