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28 February 1915 : Pte Robert Robertson

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Parents Robert Robertson (tobacco spinner) and Annie (née Patton). At the 1891 Census living with his family on Buckingham Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Sisters Margaret and Ann (21 & 18) were working as a tobacco spinner and cigar maker. Older Brother David (15) was working as a marble polisher. Robert (8) and older sister Jessie  (11) were at …