More about Robert Andrews

Robert has no known grave but is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial.

Well-Known Junior Footballer Killed.

OFFICER’S TRIBUTE TO NON-COM.

“HE DID HIS DUTY AS A SOLDIER.”

The fate of Corporal Andrews is strongly illustrative of how life and death walk hand-in-hand on the field of battle.

On 10th inst. he wrote home to his wife an optimistic letter, in which he stated that the war would be soon over, and that a short time would see him back in Dundee.  Two days later he met his death.  He was shot through the brain, and died instantly.

Only recently Mrs Andrews removed from 14 Shepherd’s Loan to 67 Liff Road, Lochee, and the letter written by Captain E. V. Campbell, second in command of B Company, informing her of her husband’s death was considerably delayed in reaching her.  In it Captain Campbell says that Corporal Andrews did his duty as a soldier should.

Corporal Andrews was 25 years of age.  He was a member of the 4th Black Watch for four years, and was employed as a warehouseman by Thomson. Shepherd, & Co., Ltd., jute spinners and manufacturers, Seafield Works.  He was a well-known figure in West End junior football circles.  His widow and one child mourn his loss.

Dundee Courier 21st April 1915