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 Mitchell Leslie
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/31163
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 5th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 16.04.1918
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 136 to 138
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 6 Fords Lane, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Mrs Leslie, 1 Shaftesbury Rd, Dundee
- Father:
Robert Leslie, 1 Shaftesbury Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Robert Mitchell Leslie
Robert has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Robert Leslie S/31163 Cameron Highlanders
LESLIE___Killed in action, on 16th April 1918, Lance-Corporal Robert Leslie, Cameron Highlanders, 31163, A. Coy., aged 19 years, youngest and beloved son of Mr and Mrs R. Leslie. – Inserted by his sorrowing father and mother—6 Ford’s Lane, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 11th May 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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