Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sub-Lieutenant A. J. Robertson, Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 4 January 1918

British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. A. J. Robertson. R.N.V.R.) VM officially re-impressed, very fine (2) £100-£140

Albert John Robertson, a native of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, was born on 26 June 1897 and was commissioned temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 27 June 1917. He served with the Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1918, and died of wounds just three days later at 149th (Royal Navy) Field Ambulance, on 4 January 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.