Service Details
Name:
 ROBERTSON
Given Name:
 COLIN STEPHEN LEWIS
Initials:
 C S L
Service No:
 302972
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Armoured Corps
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Unit:
 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Sqn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-14
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Additional
Information:
Son of the Revd. Joseph Albert Robertson and of Eva Marion Robertson (nee Dorman), of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Equipped with DD Sherman tanks, the B Squadron landed on Gold Beach five minutes before H Hour at 7.20. The Regiment advanced on Crepon and liberated Creuilly, then took part in the fighting at Cristot against 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. Lieutenant Robertson was probably killed during this action
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Calvados
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Cemetery:
 BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave XVI. C. 18-19.

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