William Albert Robertson

William Albert Robertson,

Career and military career Robertson became a member of the B.M.A. in 1912. By 1913, Robertson had become honorary surgeon to Hartlepool Hospital and was police surgeon for the Hartlepool district. At the outbreak of the First World War he was appointed medical officer to the Durham R.G.A. and between 1915 and 1918 he served in France with the 50th (Northumbrian) Division. During this time he was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Military Cross.

In 1918, after the war, he returned to Broughty Ferry, and became a staff member at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Dundee. In the interwar years he continued military service and in 1921 he was appointed medical officer in charge of the North Scottish R.G.A., and from 1928 to 1932 commanded the 152nd (Highland) Field Ambulance, T.A. In 1935 he became Assistant Director Medical Services of the 51st (Highland) Division, T.A.. Robertson rose to the rank of colonel and, in the 1939 New Year Honours, was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the Territorial Army.

In 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War, he was recalled for service and proceeded to France. In May 1940 he was captured, and died while a prisoner of war on 26 March 1942. He is buried in Kraków Rakowicki Cemetery.