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Alexander Cruickshanks

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Alexander's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 6768
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st/7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 40
  • Date of Death: 15.10.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Courcelles-Au-Bois Communal Cemetery Extension
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: A.6.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 7 Fyffe St, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mrs E. Cruickshanks, 215 Lochee Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    William Taylor

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Emily Jack McDonald Cruickshanks, 7 Fyffe St, Dundee, died 21.01.1918

  • Children:

    Elizabeth, born 31.12.1901, Alexander, born 21.10.1908, Annie, born 21.02.1910, Amelia, born 18.04.1914, Vera, born 27.07.1915

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