Edmund John Macrory ("Mac") Robertson · Lt. · † 1915

Personal data

Name	Robertson
Initials	E.J.M.
Christian name	Edmund John Macrory ("Mac")
Date and place of birth	?; 29.05.1891
Family	Son of Dr. J. R. S. Robertson and Bessie Robertson, of The Lighthouse, Winterton, Gt. Yarmouth.

Information 1: Educated at Bradfield College, Berks
Information 2: Father was a surgeon with the British Army in the Egyptian campaign and was with the Gordon Relief Expedition

Rank	Lt.
Regiment / Unit	70th Field Battery, 34 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Date of death	22/05/1915
Age	23
Cemetery / Memorial	Beuvry Communal Cemetery, 45; personal inscription: IN LOVE AND PRIDE OF MAC "LIFE - NOT DEATH"

Information 1: Mentioned in Despatches
Information 2: Killed in action.
Information 3: Commemorated on plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Berwick on Tweed
Information 4: 'The Unknown Heroes Lamp' - Portsmouth Branch. Endowed in Nov. 1920. First lit on 15.12.1922 at The Guildhall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "Presented by Mrs Robertson, whose son Mac gave his life at Festubert, 1915" (Donated by his mother)
Information 5: 'The Mac Robertson Lamp' - Bradfield College Branch. Endowed in 1925. "In memory of Mac Robertson, Lieut., 70th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Festubert, 22.5.1915; and of the boys of Bradfield College who gave their lives in the war." (Donated by his mother in 1925, and formerly in the keeping of Bradfield College (where Kate Luard was Matron)