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Private JOHN ROBERTSON

Service Number: S/10130
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY

II. A. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Robertson, of 29, St. Leonards Hill, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SAD BUT TRUE WE WONDER WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 502
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