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Peter Soutar

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Peter's Gravemarker (image courtesy of Soilsister, findagrave.com)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 30319
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
  • Unit/Ship: 15th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 23
  • Date of Death: 28.04.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Douai Communal Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Joint Grave H.6.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Broughty Ferry
  • Address: 180 King Street, Broughty Ferry.
  • Occupation: Poulterer
  • Mother:

    Christina Soutar, 180 King St, Broughty Ferry

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More about Peter Soutar

Peter shares a final resting place with Rifleman William Charles Bowry, R/32023, 16th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, who died 27.04.1917.

Peter Soutar   30319   Royal Scots

Private Peter Soutar, (missing) has his home at King Street, Broughty Ferry.  Previous to the war he was associated with his father in business as a poulterer in Brook Street.  He is 23 years of age, and has been at the front for about a year.

Dundee Peoples Journal 16th June 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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