The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project

Mike Morley · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:11 pm Post subject:

Name: TUDSBERY, ROBIN FS
Initials: RFS
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lieutenant
Service Number: 189793
Regiment/Service: Royal Horse Guards
Date of Death: 30/4/1945
Age: 25
Additional Information: Son of Francis and Isabella Tudsbery, of Champfleurie, West Lothian. M.A. (Cantab); King's College.
Grave Reference: Coll Grave 7 A 2-4
Cemetery: Becklingen War Cemetery.

Also named on Cargilfield Prep School War Memorial. Also the Robin Chapel in Edinburgh was built in his memory by his parents: http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=8235&highlight=tudsbery

Mike Morley · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:08 am Post subject:

I have just started reading Anthony Seldon's book, "The Path to Peace" which describes his walk along the Western Front Way. The walk follows the line of the Western Front from the Swiss border to the Begian coast and is based on the thoughts of Douglas Gillespie (named on this memorial, along with his brother, Tom). Gillespie wrote to his former head teacher at Winchester College while serving with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in the trenches of northern France in early 1915, just south of Armentieres. He wrote, "If I survive the war I would like to see created a tree shaded path from the Vosges mountains to the North Sea. I would like to send every man, woman and child in Western Europe on pilgrimage along the via sacra, so that they might think and learn about what war means from the silent witnesses on either side." Gillespie was killed on 25 September 1915 at the Battle of Loos. His body was never found.