Great War Dundee
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Robert Campbell McKee
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/17711
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 10th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 03.05.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Arras Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 9
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 57 Rosebank St, Dundee
- Occupation: Clerk, Charles Barrie & Sons, Dundee
- Mother:
Catherine Campbell McKee, 57 Rosebank St, Dundee
- Father:
Thomas McKee, 57 Rosebank St, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Robert Campbell McKee
Robert has no known grave but is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
Robert Campbell McKee S/17711 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
DUNDEE HIGHLANDER KILLED.
Official notification has reached Mr and Mrs Thomas McKee 57 Rosebank Street, that their son, Pte. Robert Campbell McKee, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, has been killed in action. Pte. McKee who was only 19 years of age, was a clerk with Messrs Charles Barrie & Sons, before joining the army.
He is the fifth member of St Andrew’s Parish Boys’ Brigade who has fallen during the past month–all within a few days of each other. He had been a member of the brigade for six years, and his ability and zeal had marked him out to be a successful leader in the movement had he been spared to come back to civil life.
Dundee Courier 1st June 1917
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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