Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
William McCombs
Military Information
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- Rank: Mate
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- Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine
- Unit/Ship: SS Tyneford (Glasgow)
- Place of Death: Lost at sea, off Cromer, Norfolk
- Age at Death: 56
- Date of Death: 03/08/1917
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Personal Information
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- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: South Shields.
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More about William McCombs
William McCombs was born in Dundee and lived in South Shields. A report in the Peoples Journal dated 25 August 1917 states that he drowned at sea. SS Tyneford, cargo coal, sank off Cromer, Norfolk on passage from the Tyne to Treport.
Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie
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