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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Andrew Munro Strachan
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Sheffield
- Service no: 557
- Rank: Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
- Place of Death: Greece
- Age at Death: 24
- Date of Death: 02.10.1916
- Burial Country: Greece
- Cemetery: Struma Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: V.A.6.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Elizabeth Strachan, 27 Hawley St, Sheffield
- Father:
John Strachan, 27 Hawley St, Sheffield
- Siblings:
Robert Bell Strachan
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Andrew Munro Strachan
For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. Andrew was the brother of Able Seaman Robert Bell Strachan, Tyneside Z/6074, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Reserve, who was killed in action, 13.11.1916.
Andrew Munro Strachan 557 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
STRACHAN___Killed in action, on 2d October, 1916, Corporal Andrew Munro Strachan, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; also on 13th November, 1916, A.B. Robert Bell Strachan, R.N.D., sons of Mr and Mrs John Strachan, Sheffield, late of Dundee. John Strachan for some time a stereotyper on the staff of the “People’s Journal.”
Dundee People’s Journal 20th January 1917
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, further information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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