Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Robert Stuart Latto
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 7357
- Rank: Sergeant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Bn.
- Place of Death:
- Age at Death: 32
- Date of Death: 04/10/1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 132-135 and 162A
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 29/03/1885
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 15 Eliza Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Shipyard Worker
- Mother:
Jane Latto nee Moir
- Father:
Robert Latto, b.1851 d.1895
- Siblings:
Mary Jane Swan Latto, George Findlay Latto
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Robert Stuart Latto
DUNDEE CORPORATION EMPLOYE MISSING. Mrs Latto, 15 Eliza Street, Dundee, has received intimation that her son, Sergt. Robert Latto, Seaforth Highlanders, has been posted as wounded and missing since 4th October.
Sergt. Latto, who is 32 years of age, was engaged in the Dundee Gas Works prior to joining up in February, 1915. He has been two years in France, and was wounded in the head at the Somme. He was expecting to get home on furlough last month. The Courier, Thursday, 22 November 1917, 4.
Additional information kindly supplied by Hilary Muir
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