Robertson, Ernest Guy
We regret to announce the death, at the Queen's Hospital, Frognal, on the 28th October, of Ernest Guy Robertson, L.D.S., Captain, attd. R.A.M.C.
Son of the late Dr. F. F. L. Robertson, of Aberdeen and Bart.'s, E. G. Roberstson entered this hospital from Portsmouth Grammar School in 1905 to graduate in dentistry. He represented the Hospital as a full-back in the football XI, which won the Inter-Hospital Cup in 1906 and 1907, and in the latter year was elected to the Club's Union.
In 1909 the deceased gentleman started to practise at Southampton, where he became Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Southampton and South Hants Infirmary and to the Free Eye Hospital at Southampton and Dental Surgeon to Mr. C. B. Fry's training ship Mercury in the Hamble River. On the outbreak of war he applied for and obtained one of the first dental commissions, and in December, 1914, he left for Salisbury Plain. In the following summer he was drafted to France, and for two years served at a casualty clearing station. He was then recalled to England and appointed to the newly-organised department for jaw work at the Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot. In August 1917 he was transferred to the new Queen's Hospital at Frognal, Sidcup. He died October 28th, 1918 from influenza, aged 33. Guy's Hospital Reports Vol.LXX, War Memorial Number
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Robertson |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Ernest Guy |
| Date of birth | 1885 |
| Place of birth | Hambledon, Hants |
| Family details | Son of Dr. Frederick Freer Leslie Robertson and Louisa Baker, his wife; husband of Katherine Dorothy Robertson, of Holmwood, Mile End, Portsmouth. |
| Previous education | Portsmouth Grammar School |
| College | Guy's Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1905-1909 |
| Dept / course | L.D.S. Eng. |
| Qualifications | L.D.S. |
| Military unit | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
| Date of death | 28 October 1918 |
| Age at death | 33 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Place of death | Queen's Hospital Frognal, Sidcup |
| Cause of death | Influenza |
| Burial place | Wymering (SS. Peter and Paul) Churchyard |
| Commemoration(s) | Guy's Hospital Memorial |
| Sources | Guy's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission |