George Sinclair Gow Fraser

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: S/3036
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 10th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 25.09.1915
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Loos Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 125 to 127

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Glasgow
  • Address: 165 Brook St, Broughty Ferry
  • Occupation: Hothouse builder, Robert Stewart, Broughty Ferry
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Joan Fraser, 165 Brook St, Broughty Ferry

  • Children:

More about George Sinclair Gow Fraser

George has no known grave but is remembered on the Loos Memorial.

George Fraser   S/3036   Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

BROUGHTY SOLDIER MISSING.

Private George Fraser, A. and S. Highlanders, is officially reported missing since the advance in September in France.  His home is at 165 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry.  Previous to joining the forces he was in the employ of Mr Stewart, hothouse, builder, Queen Street, Broughty Ferry.

Dundee People’s Journal 27th November 1915

Broughty Soldier Killed.

Mrs Fraser, Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, has been officially informed that her husband, Private George Fraser, A. and S. Highlanders, has been killed in action.  He had been missing since the battle of Loos.  He enlisted at the beginning of the war, when he was employed with Mr Robert Stewart, hothouse builder, Broughty Ferry.

Broughty Ferry Guide 6th October 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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