James Spalding Robertson, 72nd Machine Gun Corps
Item
Title
James Spalding Robertson, 72nd Machine Gun Corps
Who?
James Spalding Robertson
Item(s)
Photos, piece of shrapnel, pocket watch
Story
3 photos, pre-war, post-war and in uniform, of Great Uncle, James Spalding Robertson, 72nd Machine Gun Company, took part in the Battle of Cambrai.
Piece of shrapnel with an explanatory note about it being taken from a wound during an operation, wound received at Soissons, 1917.
Pocket watch, belonged to Frank Quiller, who survived the Gretna train disaster.
Piece of shrapnel with an explanatory note about it being taken from a wound during an operation, wound received at Soissons, 1917.
Pocket watch, belonged to Frank Quiller, who survived the Gretna train disaster.
When?
Unknown
Where?
Cambrai
Contributor
Alan Robertson
Collection Day
Edinburgh 03.10.18
This item was submitted on March 19, 2019