Person    | Male  Born 5/5/1877  Died 30/7/1916

Laurance Grant Robertson

War dead, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW1.

Laurance Grant Robertson

Killed in or near Delville Wood. Brother to William Alexander and Norman Cairns. From Ali-Berko: "Laurance Grant Robertson .... qualified as a chartered accountant and worked for the Local Government Board on the District Audit staff. He was commissioned 2nd Lieut. in the Army Ordnance Department in February 1915 and transferred, at his request, to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers in July that year, seeking front-line action. He was killed during the course of the Battle of the Somme on 30th July 1916, and his name is among those classed as ‘missing’ on the Thiepval Memorial."

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Laurance Grant Robertson

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Sutton House & the Robertson brothers

Sutton House This building was given to the National Trust by W. A. Robertson...

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F. R. Barry

F. R. Barry

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B. Silver

B. Silver

Surbiton man killed serving in WW1.

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S. W. Hubbard

S. W. Hubbard

Killed in WW1.

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G. A. Leighton-Boyce

G. A. Leighton-Boyce

Killed in WW1.

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1 memorial

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William Alexander Robertson

William Alexander Robertson

Elder brother to Laurance Grant and Norman Cairns. Left a lot of money in his will to the National Trust to commemorate his brothers. The money was used to buy Sutton House and eight areas of count...

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1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

A brigade under the command of Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski, created in Scotland, with the exclusive mission to drop into occupied Poland in order to help liberate the country. The British go...

Group, Armed Forces, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland

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Norman Cairns Robertson

Norman Cairns Robertson

Brother to Laurance Grant and William Alexander.  From Ali-Berko: "Norman Cairns Robertson .... joined the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps in 1914 and was commissioned Captain in the 2nd. Bat...

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Councillor Sam Elsbury

Councillor Sam Elsbury

Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Probably married to Rebecca.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Dickens plaque - EC1

Dickens plaque - EC1

EC1, Holborn, 273, Holborn Bars (ex-Prudential Building)

But he did not live in the building here today, he lived in Furnival's Inn.

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