Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Alexander Reid Dalton
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: D/8233
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Princess Charlottes Own, Dragoon Guards
- Unit/Ship: 5th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 21
- Date of Death: 31.10.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boiselle
- Grave/Mem Ref no: I.E.30.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 42 North George Street, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Jessie Reid Dalton, 14 Hospital Wynd, Dundee
- Father:
John Dalton, 14 Hospital Wynd, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Alexander Reid Dalton
Alexander Reid Dalton D/8233 Dragoon Guards
DALTON― In loving memory of 8223 Private Alex. R. Dalton, Dragoon Guards, who fell in action, October 31st 1916, in his 21st year, only surviving son of Mr and Mrs John Dalton, 14 Hospital Wynd. – Interred in France.
Dundee People’s Journal 2nd November 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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