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Patrick Redichan

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Patricks pension record courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 24477
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 10th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Lost at Sea
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 17.11.1915
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Hollybrook Memorial, Southhampton
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1894
  • Place of Birth: Lochee,Dundee
  • Address: 37 Whorterbank, Lochee, Dundee
  • Occupation: Jute Mill Worker
  • Mother:

    Ann Elliot

  • Father:

    John Redichan

  • Siblings:

    Thomas, Jane, Sarah, Francis, Edward, John, James, Fanny, Stephen & Elizabeth

  • Spouse:

    Agnes Deans (married 23 July, 1915) 37 Whorterbank, Lochee

  • Children:

    Patrick (born 1 October, 1915)

More about Patrick Redichan

Patrick was aboard the Hospital Ship “Anglia” which was returning from Calais to Dover with 390 wounded soldiers when she struck a mine 1 mile east of Folkstone, sinking within 15 minutes on 17th November 1915. Patrick was one of 164 believed to have died as a result of the sinking.

Patrick’s surname is also recorded as Ridichan.

Additional information supplied by Pam Hodge

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