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He does exist with this name WO338 has him as having a TA Commission and a LG entry for his commission. But does not exist as such on Ancestry or FindMyPast or Mormons. My conclusion is that he was not born Alexander Robertson. His parents never appear to have married. I cannot see a Robertson connection
1895 Feb 2. Born in Dysart, Fife, Scotland (RIC record gives 1895 in Fife, but ScotlandsPeople doe not give any Alexander G or A born Fife at that time. His marriage shows his father as John Galloway Robertson (dead by 1919) a Sgt Major in Black Watch. Indeed he was killed in WW1
| Pursuer | Davina Allen, 35 Walkerston by Leslie, Fife |
| Defender | John Galloway, Private, 2nd Royal Highlanders, Blackness Castle, Linlithgow |
| Child's Date of Birth | 2 February 1895 |
| Sex | M |
| Year Extract Issued | 1895 |
| Sheriff Court | Linlithgow |
| County | West Lothian |
Davina Allan married John Campbell in 1900 and got a pension after he died in WW1 in 1918. He had by then changed his name to Bell
1901 census at ?
1911 census ar ?
1917 Aug 1. Commissioned in Yorks LI. Alexander Galloway Allan Robertson
1920 Sep 3. Joined ADRIC with service no 484. No Coy specified.
1920 Oct 16. Resigned
1921 Dec 19. Gazetted out as Lt
1921 Marriage to Dorothea Phail as A G Robertson
1929 He had a child by Alice Beatrice Poole Breen. She apparently knew him as Mr Russell
1959 May 1. died • Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Ancestry tree, but I cannot find on ScotlandsPeople)