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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William Dickinson
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/40671
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 8th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 03.05.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun
- Grave/Mem Ref no: IV.B.25.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 16 Gardner Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Dentist
- Mother:
M. Dickinson, 16 Gardner St, Dundee
- Father:
William Dickinson, 16 Gardner St, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William Dickinson
William Dickinson S/40671 Seaforth Highlanders
Mr and Mrs Dickinson, 16 Gardner Street, Dundee, have received the sad intelligence that their only son, Private Wm. Dickinson, Seaforth Highlanders, has been killed in action.
Private Dickinson who was 19 years of age, joined the army in August of last year, and had been at the front for only a short time. In civil life he was employed as a dentist.
Dundee Courier 9th May 1917
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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