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Alexander Matthew

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Alexander's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: S/16502
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Garrison Battalion
  • Place of Death: Iraq
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 25.08.1917
  • Burial Country: Iraq
  • Cemetery: Basra War Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.A.20.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 80 Blackness Road, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

    William, born 30.08.1915 & Alexander, 11.07.1917 – 04.03.1918

More about Alexander Matthew

Guardian of children listed as Jane Allan, 80 Blackness Rd, Dundee

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