We remember William Robert Robertson

We remember William Robert Robertson

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Timeline

Timeline

1860
birth Welbourn, Lincolnshire United Kingdom Source:9004313 29th January 1860
1894
marriage Mildred Palin Source:9004313 1894
1896
children Brian Hubert Robertson Source:9004646 22nd July 1896
1901
children Rosamund Mildred Robertson Source:9004646 21st September 1901
1905
children Helen Millicent Robertson Source:9004646 17th December 1905
1909
children Hugh William John Robertson Source:9004646 17th September 1909
1911
service British Army Major General Staff College, Camberley Source:9004369 April 1911
1911
location Commandant's House, Staff College, London Road, Camberley, Surrey United Kingdom their own address Source:9004369 April 1911
1920
service British Army Field Marshal Source:9004380 29th March 1920
service British Army Temporary Lieutenant General Dragoons Source:3781336
service British Army Major General Chief of the Imperial General Staff Source:3781336
1933
death Paddington, London United Kingdom Source:9004313 Source:9004375 12th February 1933

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Robert
Initials WR
Last Name Robertson,
Source 9004646
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Commandant's House, Staff College, London Road, Camberley, Surrey United Kingdom their own address known April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Dragoons Temporary Lieutenant General
British Army Chief of the Imperial General Staff Major General
British Army Staff College, Camberley Major General
British Army Field Marshal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
GCVO, GCB, GCMG, DSO British Award/Decoration
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Brian Hubert Robertson son 22nd July 1896
Rosamund Mildred Robertson daughter 21st September 1901
Helen Millicent Robertson daughter 17th December 1905
Hugh William John Robertson son 17th September 1909
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Anne Dexter Robertson mother
Thomas Charles Robertson father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mildred Palin wife 1894

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Communities

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Bryan5462
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Bryan5462
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription Bryan5462

External Evidence

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Wikepedia entry for Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, Bryan5462
MIC for Sir William Robert Robertson from ancestry.co.uk Bryan5462
The London Gazette, 13 April 1920 Bryan5462
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Bryan5462
Liddell Hart Military Archives, King's College London Bryan5462

Multimedia

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Sir William Robertson, CIGS 1917 Fife3190

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