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VC983 James Forbes-Robertson
Name James Forbes-Robertson No.
VC Issue No. 983 Awards VC DSO & Bar MC
Regiment Border Regiment commanding 1st Battalion
Later Kings Own Royal Border Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won A/Lieutenant Colonel
Rank End Of Career Brigadier - General
Place Of Birth Strathpeffer, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Place Of Death At his home, 'Chardwaw', Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Cheltenham Cemetery, Bouncers Lane, Gloucestershire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section E1, Grave 707
Gazetted 22 May 1918
VC Presented
Memorials
P Headstone, Cheltenham Cemetery, Bouncers Lane, Gloucestershire, England
P Named on Candlestick, St Lawrences Church, Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire
P Named on Regimental Victoria Cross Memorial, Carlisle Cathedral, Cumbria
P Named on Roll of Honour, Big Classical, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
Display & named in Memorial Book 'For Valour', Cheltenham College Library, Gloucestershire
Named on Honours Board, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Surrey
Entry in 'Honours Book', Archives Department, Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire
By The Way…
He retired from the army in 1934, with the rank of Colonel
VC Held By
Border Regiment Museum, Queen Mary's Tower, The Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria, England
BORN 7 July 1884
DIED 5 August 1955 AGE 71
VC Won 11-12 April 1918 AGE 33
Place VC Won Near Vieux Bertuin, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
