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Andrew Crighton Geddes

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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 16.09.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Calgary, Alberta.
  • Service no: 160065
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 31st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 39
  • Date of Death: 24.09.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 24.09.1877
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Engineer
  • Mother:
  • Father:
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  • Spouse:

    Widower

  • Children:

    Andrew Geddes, 48 High St, Lochee, Dundee

More about Andrew Crighton Geddes

Andrew has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. Miss Barbara McLaren of 48 High St, Lochee is listed within Andrew’s service record as being the guardian for his son Andrew Geddes, born 27/07/1902.

For more information on Andrew, visit, Andrew’s Memorial also Andrew’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There are also references to Andrew in the local Dundee Newspapers available in Dundee Central Library

Avertiser 16/10/1916 page 3, Peoples Journal 21/10/1916 pages 10 & 14, and 21/01/1917 page 7.

For reasons unknown Andrew Geddes is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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