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    Memorial

    Captain N C Robertson and Second Lieutenant G Robertson

    Memorial

    Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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    Current Location

    Toys Hill, National Trust, Toys Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN16 1, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 46787 51767

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    © WMR-41149

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    Type of Memorial
    Land
    WMR Reference Number
    41149
    Description
    Land bequeathed to the National Trust. It is marked by an obelisk placed on the site with dedicatory metal plaque on the front face.
    Inscription
    WEARDALE/ WAS BEQUEATHED TO THE / NATIONAL TRUST / BY W. A. ROBERTSON IN / MEMORY OF HIS BROTHERS / NORMAN CAIRNS / ROBERTSON CAPTN. / 2ND BATT. HAMPSHIRE REGT / WHO DIED 20TH JUNE 1917 AT / HANOVER GERMANY AND OF / LAURANCE GRANT / ROBERTSON 2ND LIEUTENANT. / 2ND BATTALION KING'S OWN / SCOTTISH BORDERERS, WHO / WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN / FRANCE DURING THE BATTLE / OF THE SOMME IN OR NEAR DELVILLE WOOD 30TH JULY 1916
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    year died,regiment,place of death,manner of death,relationships,additional
    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    Daily News (London) Published Monday, 5 July 1937 Newspaper Title: Daily News (London) Publication Date: Monday 5 July 1937 Page Number: 12 £50,000 GIFT TO NATIONAL TRUST More than £50,000 has been left to the National Trust for the preservation of land, buildings or places within easy access of London by Mr. William Alexander Robertson, barrister, of Nutfleld Priory, Redhill, Surrey. The beguest is made as a memorial to his brothers Norman Cairns Robertson (died in Hanover, 1917) and Laurance Grant Robertson, who was killed in action on the Somme. A condition is that a pillar or tablet should be erected on the property to the memory of his brothers. If the National Trust do not accept the legacy he directed that it shou:d go to Westminster School for leaving scholarships.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    After 3rd August 1939

    Components

    Obelisk

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Made from: Metal


    Condition: Good


    • Daily News (London) Published Monday, 5 July 1937 Newspaper Title: Daily News (London) Publication Date: Monday 5 July 1937 Page Number: 12 £50,000 GIFT TO NATIONAL TRUST More than £50,000 has been left to the National Trust for the preservation of land, buildings or places within easy access of London by Mr. William Alexander Robertson, barrister, of Nutfleld Priory, Redhill, Surrey. The beguest is made as a memorial to his brothers Norman Cairns Robertson (died in Hanover, 1917) and Laurance Grant Robertson, who was killed in action on the Somme. A condition is that a pillar or tablet should be erected on the property to the memory of his brothers. If the National Trust do not accept the legacy he directed that it shou:d go to Westminster School for leaving scholarships.
    • Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle Published Thursday, 3 August 1939 Newspaper Title: Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle Publication Date: Thursday 3 August 1939 Page Number: 16 IN MEMORY OF TWO SOLDIERS On a strip of land near the crest of Dunstable Downs, a monument is being completed to commemorate the purchase of an area of land which is being vested in the National Trust. The memorial, in the form of an obelisk, has already been erected, but the inscription is not yet complete. It will record that the land has been bought in memory of two soldier brothers who died during the war. Sunday was the anniversary of the day on which one was killed. The land was bequeathed to the National Trust by Mr. W. A. Robertson in memory of his brothers — Capt. Norman Cairns Robertson, of the 2nd Battn., Hampshire Regt, who died at Hanover on June 20, 1917. and Second Lieut. Laurance Grant Robertson, of the 2nd Battn. King's Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action in or near Delville Wood on the Somme on July 30. 1916
    • Can't find any report on unveiling, possibly because of the start of WW2.