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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
110482
Age:
19
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
5th Battalion, "A" Company
Birth:
October 5, 1896
Montreal, Québec
Enlistment:
March 6, 1915
Sherbrooke, Québec
Death:
June 2, 1916
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of E. A. Robertson, M.D., and Edna F. Robertson (nee Johnston), of Westmount, Quebec.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal ( London Gazette, No. 29631, dated June 21, 1916 "For conspicuous gallantry. He went out in view of the enemy and under heavy shell and rifle fire, and successfully established communication, using a shell hole for his telephone station."
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Lennox Archibald Robertson
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Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens. -
Roll of Honour
Roll of Honour included in the 1917 school bulletin for the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec. -
Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lance Corporal Lennox Archibald Robertson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lennox Archibald Robertson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lennox Archibald Robertson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lennox Archibald Robertson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Lennox Archibald Robertson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 155 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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