Robertson, Douglas Forbes | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia -Northumberland Fusiliers. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Robertson, D. F.

Forename(s):

Douglas Forbes

Surname:

Robertson

Date of Death:

Tuesday, September 26, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers, 15th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Douglas was the son of Hugh and Sarah Ann Robertson. He had two sisters; Eliza Ann and Rachel Hannah Robertson. They lived at Westfield House, Jarrow with their two servants Cecilia McMullan and Lizzie Jane Jones.

Douglas was a dental student at the time of the 1911 census.

Douglas died of his wounds on 26th September 1916 aged 26 during the Battle of the Somme.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Douglas is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

North East War Memorials Project

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Rosie Setford, Amy Shiel.