Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Albert Keiller
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Manchester
- Service no: 27332
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
- Unit/Ship: 15th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 26
- Date of Death: 01.07.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle
- Grave/Mem Ref no: VII.T.3.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 01.07.1890
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 53 Hawkhill, Dundee
- Occupation: Dundee 'Courier'
- Mother:
Margaret Keiller, nee Lowden
- Father:
James Anderson Keiller
- Siblings:
Alexander Keiller, James Keiller, George Binnie Keiller, Thomas Lowden Keiller, Mary Lowden Keiller, Elizabeth Peebles Keiller, & Margaret Peebles Keiller
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Albert Keiller
“COURIER” EMPLOYEE KILLED ON HIS 26TH BIRTHDAY. News has come to hand of the death in action on 1st July of a former “Courier” employee,Pte. Albert Keiller, Royal Scots.
Pte. Keiller, who was a son of Mrs Keiller, 53 Hawkhill, Dundee, was killed on his 26th birthday. He was employed in the despatching department of Messrs D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd., for some time, and was transferred to their Manchester office about two years ago. He enlisted in the Royal Scots in October of last year, and was on active service for two months.
Alex. Keiller, a son of Mrs Keiller, is serving in the Australian Forces at the front. The Courier, Wednesday, 9 August 1916, 4
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