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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Alexander Murray McGregor
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 11201
- Rank: Company Sergeant Major
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
- Unit/Ship: 12th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 12.04.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Arras Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 1&2
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 5 Temple Lane, Dundee
- Occupation: Thomas Bell & Sons, Belmont Works, Dundee
- Mother:
Elizabeth McGregor, 5 Temple Lane, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
1 brother (name unknown)
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Alexander Murray McGregor
Alexander has no known grave but is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
M’Gregor Royal Scots
Company-Sergeant Major A. M’Gregor, Royal Scots, who was reported wounded and missing on 12th April, 1917, is now presumed to have died on or after that date. Com-Sergt. Major M’Gregor, whose mother resides at 5 Temple Lane, had been in the army for six years, enlisting when he was only 17 years of age, and had been in France since the commencement of the war. He had been four times wounded. Prior to joining up he was employed in Belmont Works, Hawkhill (Thomas Bell & Sons, Limited). Mrs M’Gregor’s other son, who has been in the army for 15 years is at present serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in France.
Dundee Courier 28th May 1918
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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