Great War Dundee
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Archibald William John Joseph Douglas-Dick
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no:
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
- Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
- Place of Death: Veldhoek, Belgium
- Age at Death: 25
- Date of Death: Between 08.11.1914 & 11.11.1914
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 11
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: Pitkerro House, Broughty Ferry
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Mrs Isabelle Douglas-Dick, Pitkerro House by Broughty Ferry
- Father:
Brigadier General Archibald Campbell Douglas-Dick, Pitkerro House by Broughty Ferry
- Siblings:
6 sisters (names unknown)
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Archibald William John Joseph Douglas-Dick
For reasons unknown Archibald is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, but is remembered on the Lady of Good Council Church, Broughty Ferry.
Archibald William John Joseph Douglas Dick Lieutenant Scots Guards
LIEUTENANT DOUGLAS DICK OF PITKERRO
Is Reported Missing from the Scots Guards.
Lieutenant A. W. Douglas Dick 1st Scots Guards, son of Colonel Archibald Campbell Douglas Dick, C.B., of Pitkerro, near Dundee, is missing.
Private information has been received by Colonel Douglas Dick, stating that his son has been missing since November 11. Educated at Beaumont Collage, near Sandhurst, Lieutenant Douglas Dick joined the Scots Guards in 1909.
He is 25 years of age, and the son of a distinguished soldier. His father was attached to the 4th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served in South Africa. For his conspicuous service, Colonel Douglas Dick was mentioned in despatches, and received the Queen’s Medal with three clasps.
Dundee Evening Telegraph 18th November 1914
DOUGLAS-DICK―Killed in action on November 11, 1914, Archibald William Douglas-Dick, aged 25, only son of Colonel A. Douglas-Dick, C.B., C.M.G., and of Mrs Douglas-Dick, of Pitkerro. Previously reported missing, now presumed to have been killed.
Montrose Standard 2nd March 1917
Information supplied by Gary Thomson
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