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William Drysdale

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William's pension record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 31606
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 15th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 27
  • Date of Death: 18.11.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Serre Road Cemetery No2, Beaumont-Hamel
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.J.24.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1889
  • Place of Birth: Grangemouth
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Linotype Operator, Dundee Advertiser
  • Mother:

    Margaret M. Drysdale, 111 Marshall St, Grangemouth

  • Father:

    Alexander Drysdale

  • Siblings:

    James, Alex & John

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about William Drysdale

For reasons unknown William was not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour

Information kindly supplied by Hugh Macrae

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