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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Thomas More Milroy
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/31347
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 23.03.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Arras Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 9
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 28 Taylors Lane, Dundee
- Occupation: Brush Maker, Mr Nicolson, Castle St, Dundee
- Mother:
Eliza Milroy, 28 Taylors Lane, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Thomas More Milroy
Thomas has no known grave but is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
Thomas More Milroy S/31347 Cameron Highlanders
Missing
Private Thomas Milroy, Camerons, son of Mrs Milroy, 28 Taylors Lane. Formerly he was employed as a brushmaker with Mr Nicholson, Castle Street.
Dundee People’s Journal 11th May 1918
MILROY―Previously reported missing on 28th March 1918, now presumed to have died on that date, No. 31347 Private Thomas Milroy 7th Cameron Highlanders, son of Mrs Milroy, 28 Taylors Lane. – Inserted by his mother and family.
Dundee People’s Journal 21st June 1919
Additional information and image courtesy of Michael Caldwell
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