In Memory Of

ROBERTSON, COLIN STEPHEN LEWIS

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 302972
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
Unit 2:
 "B" Sqn.
Regiment:
 Royal Armoured Corps
Date of Death:
 1944-06-14
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave XVI. C. 18-19.
Cemetery:
 BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Calvados
Country:
 France
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