Great War Dundee
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Norman McLeod Rattray
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no:
- Rank: Engineer Sub-Lieutenant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: H.M.S. Research
- Unit/Ship: Royal Naval Reserve
- Place of Death: Royal Naval Hospital, Portland
- Age at Death: 31
- Date of Death: 21.07.1918
- Burial Country: England
- Cemetery: Portland Naval Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: 582
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 1888
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
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- Mother:
Catherine McLeod Rattray, 42 Strathmartine Rd, Dundee
- Father:
Captain Henry Rattray, 42 Strathmartine Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
Henry
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- Children:
More about Norman McLeod Rattray
Norman apparently died of Accidental Injuries. H.M.S. Research was a 520 ton steam powered Survey Vessel launched in 1888 and finally sold for scrap in 1920.
Norman M’Leod Rattray Sub-Lieutenant Royal Navy
RATTRAY___At Royal Naval Hospital, Portland, on 21st inst., the result of an accident, Engineer, Sub-Lieutenant Norman M’Leod Rattray, youngest and beloved son of Captain and Mrs H. Rattray Pitkerro, 19 Rokesby Avenue, Crouch End, London.
Dundee People’s Journal 27th July 1918
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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