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William Frederick Robb

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William's Gravemarker (image courtesy of GariochGraver, findagrave.com)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: 166228
  • Rank: Gunner
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
  • Unit/Ship: 5th Reserve Brigade
  • Place of Death: Dundee War Hospital
  • Age at Death: 32
  • Date of Death: 06.01.1917
  • Burial Country: Scotland
  • Cemetery: Inverurie Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: B.2.456.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 12.02.1884
  • Place of Birth: Oldmeldrum
  • Address: 36 Park Avenue, Dundee
  • Occupation: Lindsay & Low Ltd, Carolina Port, Dundee
  • Mother:

    Mary Robb

  • Father:

    Charles Robb

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Mary Robb, 32a West High St, Inverurie

  • Children:

    Iris, born 02.03.1914 & Freda, born 21.02.1917

More about William Frederick Robb

William F. Robb   166228   Royal Field Artillery

ROBB—Suddenly, at Dundee War Hospital, on the 6th inst., Gunner William F. Robb, R.F.A., aged 32, late of Lindsay & Low, Carolina Port, beloved husband of Mary Rogers, 36 Park Avenue.  Funeral Wednesday, 10 inst., from house, 9.30 a.m., to Tay Bridge Station.  Friends accept the intimation and invitation.

Dundee Courier 9th January 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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