Robert Hamilton Williamson died of wounds on this day in 1914.
Robert Williamson was born in Stonehaven on 17 September 1893, the only son of Dr. George Williamson and Constance (née Gunn) of 256, Union Street, Aberdeen.
He went to school at Glenalmond College and was gazetted 2nd. Lieut. 3rd (City of Aberdeen) Battery, 1st Highland Brigade, RFA (TF) June 1911 and promoted Lieutenant June 1913.
After being attached for a year to a Regular Battery of Field Artillery, Robert gained a commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery at the Military Competitive Examination, April 1914 and was gazetted to the 118th Heavy Bomber Battery RGA on 10 June 1914.
He left for France early in November 1914. On 6 December, he was wounded while making a sketch of the enemy’s position for his battery from an advanced observations post in a ruined church tower. Robert died of wounds in the Allied Force Base Hospital, Boulogne on 27 December 1914.
Robert is buried in Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen.
Robert Hamilton Williamson, 2nd. Lieut. 118th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died of wounds on 27 December 1914
Source: Du Ruvigny’s