CAPT N C ROBERTSON AND 2LT L G ROBERTSON WWI

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Reference WMO100466

Address:

South West Side

Hydons Ball

SU 977 395

Godalming

Surrey

GU8 4BB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Description: Land
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The memorial is the land at Hydons Ball and this is marked by an obelisk. This is a National Trust property, see Links. Some of the land here was purchased by the WA Robertson Memorial Fund in 1959 in memory of his brothers Norman Cairns Robertson, Capt 2nd Batt. Hampshire Regt., and Laurance Grant Robertson, 2nd Lieut 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, both of whom were killed during the First World War. It is one of nine places, four of which are in Surrey, given to the Trust by Mr Robertson as a memorial to his brothers.
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HYDONS BALL THIS LAND WAS PURCHASED FOR THE NATIONAL TRUST FROM FUNDS BEQUEATHED BY W. A. ROBERTSON IN MEMORY OF HIS BROTHERS NORMAN CAIRNS ROBERTSON CAPTN 2ND BATT. HAMPSHIRE REGT. WHO DIED 20TH JUNE 1917 AT HANOVER GERMANY AND OF LAURANCE GRANT ROBERTSON 2ND LIEUT 2ND BATTALION KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE DURING THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME IN OR NEAR DELVILLE WOOD 30TH JULY 1916.

Norman Cairns Robertson and Laurance Grant Robertson

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