Vernon Alec Murray Robertson, CBE, MC and bar (29 December 1890 – 12 February 1971) was a British civil engineer in the railway sector.
After studying at Dover College and Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering, he was articled to D. Gravell between 1909 and 1912 before joining the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.
[2] He was awarded the Military Cross on 26 September 1917 for personally visiting, during heavy artillery and gas bombardment, a number of bridges to report upon their condition.
During the Hundred Days Offensive he successfully erected five bridges over a canal and several streams at Nivelle, whilst under German machine gun and artillery fire.
[15][16] His military career was revived on 26 February 1938 when he was appointed a lieutenant-colonel in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, a voluntary part-time unit supporting the British Army.