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{{Short description|British Army general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox military person
| name= Jim Robertson
| image=
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| birth_date= {{birth date|1910|03|23|df=yes}}
| death_date= {{death date and age|2004|02|11|1910|03|23|df=yes}}
| placeofburial=
| birth_place= [[Nainital]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]]
| death_place=
| nickname=
| allegiance= United Kingdom
| branch= [[British Army]]
| serviceyears= 1930–1964
| rank= [[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-general]]
| unit=
| commands= 1st Battalion [[7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles|7th Gurkha Rifles]] [[48th Indian Infantry Brigade]] 1st Battalion [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles|6th Gurkha Rifles]] [[51st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|51st Infantry Brigade]] Land Forces Persian Gulf [[17th Gurkha Division]] Land Forces [[British Forces Aden|Middle East Command]]
| battles= [[Second World War]] [[Malayan Emergency]]
| awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Distinguished Service Order]] & [[Medal bar|Bar]] [[Mentioned in Despatches]] (4)
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}}
[[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''James Alexander Rowland Robertson''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|CBE|DSO1|DL}} (23 March 1910 – 11 February 2004) was a [[British Army]] officer who commanded the [[17th Gurkha Division]].

==Military career==
Educated at [[Epsom College]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]],<ref name=tele>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1454513/Major-General-Jim-Robertson.html Obituary: Major-General Jim Robertson] The Telegraph, 17 February 2004</ref> Robertson was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] in 1930 and transferred into the [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles|6th Gurkha Rifles]] on the [[North-West Frontier (military history)|North-West Frontier]] in 1931.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/ROBERTSON3.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He served in the [[World War II|Second World War]] as Brigade Major of the [[1st Burma Infantry Brigade|1st (Maymyo) Brigade]] and then as Brigade Major of the [[2nd Burma Infantry Brigade|106th Indian Infantry Brigade]] before becoming [[Commanding Officer]] of 1st Battalion the [[7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles|7th Gurkha Rifles]] in [[Burma]] in February 1944.<ref name=lh/> In May 1944 his leadership was such that the battalion defended its position under constant fire on the [[Tedim|Tiddim]]-[[Imphal]] road and inflicted heavy casualties on the [[Japan]]ese.<ref name=tele/> He became Commander of [[48th Indian Infantry Brigade]] in 1945 and took the surrender of the Japanese forces at [[Mawlamyine|Moulmein]] in South Burma later that year.<ref name=tele/>

After a tour as an instructor at the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Staff College, Quetta]], he was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles in 1947 and brigadier on the General Staff at [[Malaya Command]] in 1948 in which roles he saw service during the [[Malayan Emergency]].<ref name=lh/> He undertook staff duties at the [[War Office]] in the UK from 1950 at Headquarters [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I (British) Corps]] in [[Germany]] from 1952.<ref name=lh/> He became Commander of [[51st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|51st Infantry Brigade]] in the [[Middle East]] in 1955 and Commander Land Forces Persian Gulf in 1957 leading the units which re-took [[Nizwa]] from the Omani rebels.<ref name=tele/> He went on to be [[General Officer Commanding]] [[17th Gurkha Division]] and major general commanding the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]] in 1958 and General Officer Commanding Land Forces at [[British Forces Aden|Middle East Command]] in 1961.<ref name=lh/> His last appointment was as Gurkha Liaison Officer at the War Office in 1963 before retiring in 1964.<ref name=lh/>

In retirement he became director of personnel for the [[Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes]].<ref name=lh/> He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47116/page/323 Deputy Lieutenant Commissions]</ref>

==Family==
In 1949 he married Ann Tosswill, who died of [[Poliomyelitis|polio]] shortly after their marriage.<ref name=tele/> In 1973 he married Joan Wills (née Abercromby).<ref name=tele/>

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[[Richard Anderson (British Army officer)|Richard Anderson]]}}
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{{s-aft|after=[[Walter Walker (British Army officer)|Walter Walker]]}}
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