World War One

First World War

My Memories of WWI

In 1967 Robert Spiers Robertson entered a Lincolnshire essay competition with his story:
"My Memories of the First World War".

Photograph Wallet of Edmund Jones containing photos of his family

Edmund Jones' Wallet

Throughout the war Edmund carried with him
a small leather wallet containing photographs
of his wife Beatrice and their four daughters.

Promotion

From 26th September 1917 RS Robertson was appointed to the rank of Second Lieutenant.
This is the original document and transcript.

William Percy Shaw

Served in the Army Service Corps attached to the Tank Corps. He died 21st November 1918 aged 33
and is buried in the St. Pol British Cemetery.

Missing In Action

Following a battle (May 1918) RS Robertson went missing .... letters written on 3rd June 1918 to his mother & 10th July 1918 in response to an enquiry.

Image Gallery

Featuring photographs used throughout the
WW1 section plus various other documents
& images from this First World War period.

Victory Dinner

A Victory Dinner was held on 3rd January 1919
at The Grand Hotel, Charing Cross, Glasgow. Interesting menu, some dishes named after places 'visited' by the battalion during overseas action.

17th Highland Light Infantry

Project Gutenberg Book of The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry - reproduced in part
and available to download in full.
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion

Stralsund-Dänholm POW Camp 1918

Robert Spiers Robertson was a Prisoner of War from late May 1918 to December 1918.

POW letter - 15/06/1918

The first letter RS Robertson wrote to his father, David, back home in Scotland.
POW letter - 20/09/1918

Mid-way through his POW confinement, another letter from Robert to his father.
POW letter - 20/10/1918

A letter Robert wrote to his sister Meg (Margaret) back home in Glasgow, Scotland.

Offizier Gefangenenlager

Stralsund/Dänholm,
den 28.6.1918 ---- Die
Kassen-Kommission des
Offizier-Gefangenenlager
Robert Robertson.
The Outlook

November 1918 - magazine produced "in-house" by the prisoners for the prisoners. First (& I suppose the last!) such magazine.
Stralsund Postcards

Postcards presumably bought during or after confinement of RS Robertson as a POW, possibly as a souvenir to take back to Scotland.

Robertson & Gray

Stralsund-Dänholm POW Camp 1918

Other Documents