Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
George Fraser
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no:
- Rank: Engineers Steward
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: S.S. Ladoga
- Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
- Place of Death: Lost at Sea
- Age at Death: 17
- Date of Death: 16.04.1918
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
- Grave/Mem Ref no:
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Middleton
- Address: 36 Carmichael St, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Jane Gordon Fraser (nee Grant) 18 West Bowling Green St, Perth
- Father:
George Fraser, 18 West Bowling Green St, Perth
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about George Fraser
George has no known grave but is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial. He was serving aboard S.S. Ladoga, built by S. P. Austin & Son, Ltd., Sunderland in 1914 and owned at the time of her loss by W. Thomson & Co., Leith, was a British steamer of 1917 tons.
On April 16th, 1918, Ladoga, on a voyage from Bilbao to Maryport with a cargo of ore, was sunk by the German submarine UB-73 (Karl Neureuther), 15 miles southeast from the South Arklow lightvessel. 29 persons were lost
Information supplied by Gary Thomson
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