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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Roderick Nicoll Neish
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 70202
- Rank: Driver
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
- Unit/Ship: 20th Divisional Ammunition Column
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 23
- Date of Death: 05.10.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Carnoy Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: N.17.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 2 Liff Rd, Lochee
- Occupation: Camperdown Jute Works, Lochee, Dundee
- Mother:
Catherine Nicoll Neish, 2 Alfred Pl, Liff Rd, Lochee
- Father:
James Symers Neish, 2 Alfred Pl, Liff Rd, Lochee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Roderick Nicoll Neish
Roderick Neish 70202 Royal Field Artillery
LOCHEE SOLDIERS DEATH.
Driver Roderick Neish, youngest son of Mr and Mrs James Neish, 2 Liff Road, Lochee, has fallen in action. He enlisted two years ago in the Royal Field Artillery, and had been about 18 months at the front. He was 23 years of age, and in civil life was a foreman at Camperdown Jute Works, Lochee.
Dundee People’s Journal 14th October 1916
NEISH___Died of wounds, on the 8th inst. Driver Roderick Neish, R.F.A., aged 23, youngest son of James and Catherine Neish, 2 Liff Road, Lochee.
Dundee People’s Journal 21st October 1916
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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