In La Chapelle d’Armentieres Communal Cemetery, France is the Commonwealth War Grave of Second Lieutenant George Cockburn Robertson serving with the 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry who died 21/07/1915.

He was the son of William and Jane Robertson of Alnwick, Northumberland.

In Alnwick Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:
In Loving Memory of
William Robertson,
who died March 14, 1905
aged 67 years.

Also of Frances Jane,
his second daughter, who died
May 30, 1876, aged 5 years.

Also of Jane Cockburn,
his beloved wife, who died Sept. 15, 1915,
aged 73 years.

Also to the memory of
George Cockburn Robertson,
2nd Lieut, Durham Light Infantry,
their youngest son,
who was killed in action in France
July 21, 1915, aged 37 years.
Interred in the churchyard Chapelle de
Armentieres.

Also
William Cockburn Robertson,
second son of the above, who died
Dec. 2. 1918 aged 53 years.
Interred at West Norwood Cemetery.

Here also lie the ashes of
Ellen Mary Smith (Nell)
beloved wife of their son Adam,
who died at Southport 15. Feb. 1937, and was
cremated at Liverpool in her 76th year.

Also the ashes of
Adam Robertson, who died at Southport
20 Nov. 1941, aged 78 years. the Morpeth Herald 20/07/1917 reports:-
He began his career in Messrs Lambton and Co. Bank at Alnwick and after it became merged in Messrs Lloyds Banking Company he became manager of the Bishop Auckland branch. At Alnwick, Rothbury, Blyth and Bishop Auckland he was well known in the sports field and musical services.

W. Bro Revd David T. Youngson, PPAG Chaplain Northumberland, tells us that 2nd Lt. Robertson was a member the following Masonic lodges:
1167 Alnwick Lodge, Year of Warrant 1867, Masonic Hall Prudhoe Street, Alnwick Northumberland and 3110 Vane Lodge; Year of Warrant 1905; Masonic Hall, Bishop Auckland.

A Bank Clerk residing at Alnwick, Northumberland, he was Initiated into Alnwick Lodge No 1167, Province of Northumberland on the 12th May 1909; Passed 1st September 1909 and Raised on the 6th October 1909.
He became a Joining Member of Vane Lodge, No 3110, Bishop Auckland, Province of Durham on the 11th December 1911 when his occupation was given as a Bank Manager.

He was killed in action on the 21st July 1915 aged 37, by “being struck on the head by a part of a shell which burst in the trench which his company were occupying.” He is buried in La Chapelle D’Armentieres Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, Grave Reference H.10.

Lloyds Bank TSB Group Archives 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN has a “Book of Remembrance” for 1914-18 which contains “Photographs of the members of the Directorate and Staff who lost their lives during the Great War 1914-1918”. This includes a photograph of G.C. Robertson. George is listed in the Lloyds Bank Roll of Honour as having worked in their Bishop Auckland branch.

George Cockburn Robertson is remembered at Alnwick on A11.01, A11.03, A11.09, A11.22, A11.27, A11.56 and A11.65, in the Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-18 (London) and in Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-18: Rev. Youngson: Part 1.