Major-General Sir Philip Rynd Robertson was a British Army officer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who commanded a battalion, a brigade and then division in the First World War.
Colonel Robertson, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), returning from a tour of his unit's positions in waterlogged trenches at Bois Grenier, January 1915
17th (Northern) Division
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The 17th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, a Kitchener's Army formation raised during the Great War.
Philip Robertson (British Army officer)
…it moved into the line, Robertson relinquished command of the 19th Brigade; on 13 July he was promoted to temporary major general to take over the 17th (Northern) Division, succeeding Thomas Pilcher. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in January 1917, while his permanent rank (that is, his rank in the Regular…
Albert 1 - 13 July: Officers of the 10th (Service) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters wearing captured German helmets and with a tripod camera, accordion and pet dog after fighting during the battles of early July. The dog was found in a dug-out.
Officers of the 7th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), York and Lancaster Regiment, in a ruined building in Arras, 30 April 1917.