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Melville Greig

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

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 79374
  • Rank: Second Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards: Military Medal
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
  • Unit/Ship: 205th Field Company
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 36
  • Date of Death: 20.10.1918
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Harlebeke New British Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: VII.D.7.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Tayport
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Eliza Greig, 16 Henderson St, Tayport

  • Father:

    Melville Greig, 16 Henderson St, Tayport

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More about Melville Greig

Melville Greig   MM   79374   Royal Engineers

GREIG― Killed in action, on the 20th October Lance-Corporal, Melville Greig, R.E., third son of the late Melville Greig and Mrs Greig Henderson Street, Tayport.

Dundee Courier 8th November 1918

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