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Douglas Robert Robertson

In memory of:

Sergeant Douglas Robert Robertson

September 15, 1916
France

Military Service


Service Number:

109571

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)

Citation(s):

Military Medal

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

December 26, 1887
Liverpool, England

Enlistment:

February 25, 1915
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Robert E. and Catherine Robertson, of Denton, Manchester, England.

Commemorated on Page 155 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VIII. C. 19.

Location:

Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Newspaper Clipping 2
  • Newspaper Clipping 3– Sergeant Douglas Robert Robertson was awarded the Military Medal.

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