Roll of Honour
Lieutenant
Robert Barton Cameron
Third year medical student
Robert B. Cameron was born in Glasgow c.1896, to Archibald and Annie Cameron. His father was a teacher, and the family lived at 21 Ailsa Drive in Langside, Glasgow. Robert attended Queen’s Park Higher Grade School and Allan Glen’s School.
He then entered the University of Glasgow in 1912 as a medical student, earning a First Class Certificate for Practical Anatomy for the Winter Session of 1912-13. In August 1914, after completing two years of his course, Robert enlisted as a private in the Scottish Rifles. In the spring of 1915 he was gazetted to the Highland Light Infantry, and as a Lieutenant he was wounded in March, 1916. He subsequently volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps. He was killed in action aged 22 on January 7, 1918.
Robert is buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, and his gravestone reads "Lord Remember Me When Thou Comest Into Thy Kingdom". He is commemorated on the Allan Glen's Roll of Honour and the University of Glasgow Memorial, as well as the Memorial in Clincarthill Parish Church.
Comments and Citations
Matriculation slips 1912-1913: R8/5/33/2
Matriculation slips 1913-1914: R8/5/34/2
Prize List Index 1912-1915: R7/3/6
University Calendar 1913-1914: SEN10/55
With thanks to Roger Gann for his contributions to this biogra