No problem here it is again:-
On what I wrote here because I just copied the info from the original and typed it in the same format as it appeared on the form where it say 8yrs 338 dys in the Colours/Army Reserve on the form there are lines in the Army Reserve part which indicated to me that he spent the whole time in the Colours from 1908 until 1917. I have been advised that his number indicates he was a regular soldier. It is for this reason that I do not believe this is the right family having dismissed it in 2013 but when I asked for expert help it has been suggested that this is correct but I cannot see how that can be and I feel reluctant to pay for information that I had already already discarded. Although it maybe the nearest I have but am not convinced I can never ever recall my mother mentioning Wiltshire or Melksham or her father ever being in England prior to marrying my Nan (although he must have been for them to have met but possibly met as a soldier). It is all such a mystery that I am failing time and time again to get to grips with.
This is the information taken from the original document which is my possession when he George Robertson left the Army.
Army Form B2079
Gravesend Local Office
George Robertson Policy Issued No (looks like 1/6th 021451
Certificate of discharge No 53417 (the number is very feint) Gunner
Name George Robertson
Regiment Royal Field Artillery
Who was enlisted at Clydebank
on the 6.11.1908
He is discharged in consequence of Discharged Physically Unfit Para 392 (XV1) KR
After serving 8 years 338 days with the colours and / years / days in the Army Reserve
Place Woolwich Date 26th Sept 1917 Signature of Commanding Officer 1/c R.H. & RFA Records
Description of the above named man on 9. 10. 17 when he left the Colours
Age 30 years 8 Months Height 5' 11 and three quarters, complexion, eyes blue, hair brown
Marks or scars whether on face or body. Scars on left arm
The description in Character certificate should agree with Army form B2067.
