George N. Ramsay

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: November 1915
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 645769
  • Rank: Gunner
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
  • Unit/Ship: 51st Ammunition Column
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 29
  • Date of Death: 10.10.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: LXVIII.H.2.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 62 Blackscroft, Dundee
  • Occupation: Clerk, Dundee Gasworks
  • Mother:

    Mary Ramsay

  • Father:

    James Ramsay, 62 Blackscroft, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    Walter Finlay Ramsay

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about George N. Ramsay

George was the son of Mr & Mrs James Ramsay, 62 Blackscroft, and the brother of Pte Walter Finlay Ramsay S/17346, of the 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action 15.05.1918.

George N. Ramsay   645769   Royal Field Artillery

Mr and Mrs James Ramsay, 62 Blackscroft, have received official intimation that their eldest son, Gunner George N. Ramsay, R.F.A., died of wounds on the 10th inst.  Gunner Ramsay enlisted in November, 1915, and had been in France for two and a half years.  Before joining up he was employed as a clerk in Dundee Gas Works.  This is the second loss Mr and Mrs Ramsay have sustained in the war, their youngest son, Private Walter F. Ramsay having been killed in action on May 15, 1918.

Dundee Courier 22nd October 1918

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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