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Edward Rice

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Image courtesy of Bob Thomson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 201156
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th/5th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 39
  • Date of Death: 23.09.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Godewaersvelde British Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.E.46.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mary Higgins Rice

  • Father:

    John Rice

  • Siblings:

    Thomas, Margaret, Mary, Patrick & Susan

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Edward Rice

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

Edward Rice   201156   Black Watch

RICE—At a casualty clearing station, on 23d September, the result of shell wounds, No. 201156, Private Edward Rice, Black Watch.

Dundee Peoples Journal 6th October 1917

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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