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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Alexander Lawrence
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 06.01.1916
- Place of enlistment: Toronto, Ontario.
- Service no: 769798
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
- Place of Death: Passchendaele, Belgium
- Age at Death: 20
- Date of Death: 17.11.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 10-58
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 21.06.1897
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 104 Helena Ave, Toronto
- Occupation: Driver
- Mother:
Rubena Lawrence, 104 Helena Ave, Toronto
- Father:
Alexander Lawrence, 104 Helena Ave, Toronto
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Alexander Lawrence
Alexander has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. Alexander’s original overseas unit was the 124th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, he was transferred to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in the field on 1st January 1917.
For more information on Alexander visit Alexander’s Memorial and Alexander’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register
There are also references to Alexander in the local Dundee Newspapers held in Dundee Central Library
Courier 14/01/1918 page 4, and Peoples Journal 19/01/1918 page 9.
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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