Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
John Rafferty
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 9759
- Rank: Guardsman
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
- Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 18
- Date of Death: 27.09.1915
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Loos Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 8 & 9
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 22 Willison St, Dundee
- Occupation: Tenter, Gilroy & Sons, Dundee
- Mother:
Catherine Rafferty, 22 Willison St, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about John Rafferty
John has no known grave but is remembered on the Loos Memorial.
Rafferty 9759 1st Scots Guards
SCOTS GUARDSMAN MISSING
Mrs Rafferty, 22 Willison Street, Dundee, has received official intimation that her son, Private J. Rafferty, 1st Scots Guards, been missing since the fighting at Loos on 27th Sept. Private Rafferty, who attains his nineteen birthday on the 15th of this month, was employed as a tenter with Gilroy, Sons, & Co., Ltd., when he enlisted in September, 1914.
Dundee Courier 3rd November 1915
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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