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George Fyffe Elder

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George's Medal Index Card (image courtesy of Gary Thomson)

Military Information

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  • Service no: 146298
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
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  • Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
  • Unit/Ship: Experimental Station, Special Brigade
  • Place of Death: Ogilvie Pl, Lochee, Dundee
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 05.12.1918
  • Burial Country: Scotland
  • Cemetery: Dundee (Balgay) Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: L.5.255D.

Personal Information

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  • Mother:

    Jessie Morrison

  • Father:

    John Elder

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More about George Fyffe Elder

George Fyffe Elder   146298   Royal Engineers

ELDER—At Ogilvie Place, Lochee, on 5th inst, of pneumonia, George Fyffe Elder, aged 22, late of Special Brigade R.E., only son of the late John Elder and Jessie Morrison.  Funeral to Balgay Cemetery, Monday 9th, at 1 p.m.  Friends wishing to attend please notify Alex. Hamilton, undertaker, South Road, Lochee.

Dundee Courier 6th December 1918

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

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