Lieutenant John W Robertson

John Weeden Robertson was the son of Major Harold John Robertson and Vera Robertson, of Wootton, Oxfordshire. He was granted a commission and volunteered for airborne forces.

Lieutenant Robertson successfully completed glider training and was posted to 1st (Airborne) Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles, and took part in Operation Varsity (Rhine Crossing).

Lt Robertson was killed in action on 24 March 1945, age 21, and was given a field burial at Hamminkeln, Germany, and was re-interred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany on 22 April 1947.

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