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Robert Wylie

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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 17.09.1914
  • Place of enlistment: Valcartier, Quebec.
  • Service no: 16733
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 34
  • Date of Death: 24.04.1915
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 18-28-30

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 30.06.1880
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Carpenter
  • Mother:

    Mary Wylie, Reform St, Monifieth

  • Father:

    Henry Wylie, Reform St, Monifieth

  • Siblings:

    Elizabeth W. Pearson, 3 Cedar Mount, Carr Crofts, Armley, Leeds.

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Robert Wylie

Robert has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.

For more information on Robert, visit, Robert’s Memorial and Robert’s Service Record

For reasons unknown Robert Wylie is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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