Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William Frederick Robb
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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