About Jim Robertson
Lived 1910 – 2004 (aged 93). Jim Robertson was a British military personnel.
Major-General James Alexander Rowland Robertson, (23 March 1910 – 11 February 2004) was a British Army officer who commanded the 17th Gurkha Division.
Military career Educated at Epsom College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Robertson was commissioned into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1930 and transferred into the 6th Gurkha Rifles on the North-West Frontier in 1931. He served in the Second World War as Brigade Major of the 1st (Maymyo) Brigade and then as Brigade Major of the 106th Indian Infantry Brigade before becoming Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion the 7th Gurkha Rifles in Burma in February 1944.
Family In 1949 he married Ann Tosswill, who died of polio shortly after their marriage. In 1973 he married Joan Wills (née Abercromby).
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Who was Jim Robertson?
British Army general
When was Jim Robertson born?
Jim Robertson was born on 23 March 1910 in Nainital.
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Jim Robertson died on 11 February 2004.
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Jim Robertson was a military personnel.
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Jim Robertson was British.
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