🌺 “An 18-Year-Old Gordon Highlander Who Fought on the Somme” — The Story of Private William Dawson Robbie 🌺 William Dawson Robbie was born in 1898 at Upper Park, Drumoak, Aberdeenshire — one of several children of John and Mary Ann Robbie, part of a close village community where everyone knew the Robbie family. He grew up among quiet fields, familiar faces, and the steady rhythms of rural life. When war arrived in 1914, William was still only fifteen. Too young to enlist, but old enough to fee

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A history lesson from the Gordon Highlanders 1914-1918 group, with Tom Greenshields explaining the development of clothing and equipment for the period. This was part of Armistice 100 events around Remembrance Day in Scotland, this being held in St Margarets, Braemar. The Gordon Highlanders Museum | Scotland Online

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