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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Richard Strachan
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 5475
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Wiltshire Regiment
- Unit/Ship: 5th Battalion
- Place of Death: Iraq
- Age at Death: 38
- Date of Death: 29.03.1917
- Burial Country: Iraq
- Cemetery: Basra Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 30 & 64
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 1 Harriet Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Postal Worker
- Mother:
- Father:
Robert Strachan
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Helen M Strachan, 1 Harriet St, Dundee
- Children:
More about Richard Strachan
Son of Mrs Robert Strachan, 6 Duke St, Cape Town, South Africa.
Richard Strachan 5475 Wiltshire Regiment
STRACHAN—Killed in action, on 29th March, 1917, Lance-Sergeant Richard Strachan, Wilts Regiment, late P.O., Dundee, beloved husband of Helen Milne, 1 Harriet Street, and youngest son of Robert Strachan, Cape Town.
Dundee Peoples Journal 21st April 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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