Robertson, Charles Albert Amherst, brother of William Strowan Amherst Robertson (q.v.); b. June 8, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1916; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards May 1, 1917; Lieut. Nov. 1, 1918; Capt. Nov. 11, 1925; served in Flanders and at Arras; Asst. Adjt. Jan. 3, 1918, until wounded May 14, 1918, near Arras; Croix de Guerre Nov. 6, 1917; Major May 20, 1933; retired Dec. 1938; re-employed in Great War II; Bgde. Major 35th Inf. Bgde. T.A.; France April to June 1940; Bgde. Major 36th. Inf. Bgde. T.A. Aug. 1940 to Jan. 1941; G.S.O. 2 H.Q. Western Command Jan. 1941 to Sept. 1945; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1945; farmed in Angus 1947-54; m. 1st Aug. 12, 1929, Joan Seymour, daughter of A. H. Campbell, of Toronto, Canada; 2nd Aug. 28, 1940, Ivy Delphina, daughter of Alexander Dewar, M.D., of Montreal; d. 30 Aug. 1984.
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