Charles Graham Robertson
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox military person Sergeant Charles Graham Robertson VC MM (4 July 1879 – 10 May 1954) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Robertson first served with the Imperial Yeomanry during the Second Boer War. Robertson was 38 years old, and a lance-corporal in the 10th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers),<ref name="RFus">Template:Cite journal</ref> British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
He served in World War II in the Home Guard.<ref>Royal Fusiliers Recipients of the Victoria Cross</ref>
The Medal
His VC is displayed at the Royal Fusiliers Museum in the Tower of London, England. This and his other medals were presented to the museum by his widow in 1977.<ref>Great Eastern Journal 146, April 2011.</ref>
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- Location of grave and VC medal (Surrey)
- 1879 births
- 1954 deaths
- Military personnel from Cumbria
- Burials in Surrey
- People from Penrith, Cumbria
- British World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross
- Recipients of the Military Medal
- Royal Fusiliers soldiers
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- British Yeomanry soldiers
- British Home Guard soldiers
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross
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