Russell, Robert Fergusson
Rank: Captain
Regiment: No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen, Royal Army Medical Corps
Biography: Son of Rev. James Alexander Russell, minister, U.F. Church, Durris ; born Newhills, Aberdeenshire, 5 January. 1884 ; educated Gordon's College; graduated M.B., 1905, having passed his Professional Examination in Anatomy with Distinction. He was in practice for some time in Shetland, later Methlick, then went to Jamaica where he held a Government appointment. On the outbreak of war Russell returned to this country, was commissioned in the R.A.M.C., and for some months served as Medical Officer to the Connaught Hospital, Aldershot. As Regimental Doctor, 11th Service Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he went through the heavy fighting at Contalmaison and Thiepval and latterly served in No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen. He died while on service, 22 April 1917.
Date of Death: 22 April 1917
Burial Details: Buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Plot 13, Row 7, Grave 19.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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