Robert Ramsay
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Officers, on church parade to Tingwall from Lerwick. Major James Broun, Captain Alexander Stephen, Captain Peter MacDougall, Captain John Robertson, Lieutenant Robert Ramsay. Robertson is of the Royal Army Medical Corps, the others are of the Shetland Companies, Gordon Highlanders. All four wear dress uniform.<br>Photo from Shetland Museum.
Captain Robert Henderson Ramsay (b. 17 October 1874, Lerwick, d. 14 August 1957, Lerwick) was a photographer and Lerwick Town Councillor between 1912 and 1921.
The Shetland Museum's online photo archive has 833 photos which list him as the photographer, and these can be viewed here.
He unsuccessfully contested the 1921 Lerwick Town Council election.
Town Council Obituary Notes
He enlisted in the 7th Volunteer Battalion Gordon Highlanders in 1902. Mobilised in 1914, he served in his Regiment as Adjutant until 1916 when he returned to civilian life.
