. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 28 IN ROBERTSON, NORMAN JOHN : Cor-poral, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of Thomas Robert-son, M. A., school-master ; born LowerCabrach, Banffshire, 5October 1889; edu-cated Gordons Col-lege, Aberdeen ; grad-uated M. A., 1914 ;trained for teaching,Aberdeen ProvincialTraining Centre. As soon as he hadfinished his training asa teacher, Robertsonenlisted as a Private in the 4th Gordons inDecember 1914, and served in home campsuntil January 1916 when he was sent abroadwith the rank of Corporal. He saw active ser-vice in France and B
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 28 IN ROBERTSON, NORMAN JOHN : Cor-poral, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders ; son of Thomas Robert-son, M. A., school-master ; born LowerCabrach, Banffshire, 5October 1889; edu-cated Gordons Col-lege, Aberdeen ; grad-uated M. A., 1914 ;trained for teaching,Aberdeen ProvincialTraining Centre. As soon as he hadfinished his training asa teacher, Robertsonenlisted as a Private in the 4th Gordons inDecember 1914, and served in home campsuntil January 1916 when he was sent abroadwith the rank of Corporal. He saw active ser-vice in France and Belgium for five months,then was severely wounded while fixing wireentanglements, and died the next day, 30 May1916, in a Casualty Clearing Station at Commanding Officer wrote of Robertson :He was one of the best in the Com-pany, and was marked out for speedy promotion,and his loss is greatly felt by us all. He waspopular with officers and men, and did his dutyon all occasions without regard to his personalsafety. LIPP, FRANK : 2nd Lieutena
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