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Harry Nairn Robertson


Harry Nairn Robertson        


CWGC:   (Harry Nairn Roberston)

Rank: Private

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion

No: 16115

Date of Death: 9th August 1916

Age: 23

Buried Cambrin Churchyard Extension

Additional Information: Son of William Miller Robertson, Dennistoun, Glasgow


SNWM:   (Henry Robertson)

Rank: Private

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion

No: 16115

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Date of Death: 9th August 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


SDGW:   (Henry Robertson)

Rank: Private

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow)

No: 16115

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 9th August 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


MIC:

Henry Robertson, Private, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 16115

Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals


Soldiers’ Effects:

Henry Robertson, Private, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 16115. Killed in Action 9th August 1916.

Father William


Glasgow Herald, 21st August 1916. ‘Deaths on Service’

Robertson. Killed in the trenches on 9th August 1916, Private Harry Nairn Robertson, Highland Light Infantry, aged 23, beloved son of Mr and Mrs William Miller Robertson, 101 Firpark Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Harry N. Robertson, Private, Highland Light Infantry, 101 Firpark Street, Dennistoun.


1901 Census, Living at 110 Alexandra Parade, Dennistoun

Father William M. Robertson, age 38, Insurance Cashier, born Leslie, Fife

Mother Annie G. Robertson, age 41, born Newburgh, Fife

Chidren: Janet G. Robertson, age 12, Scholar, born Leslie, Fife

George M. Robertson, age 11, Scholar, born Edinburgh

Henry N. Robertson, age 7, Scholar, born Govan

William M. Robertson, age 5, born Govan

Graham Robertson, age 5, born Govan

Mary Ann Robertson, age 4, born Partick