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David Paterson Macrae

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S.S. Ribston, image courtesy of wrecksite.eu

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no:
  • Rank: First Engineer
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  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: S.S. Ribston
  • Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Lost at Sea
  • Age at Death: 50
  • Date of Death: 16/07/1917
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  • Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1867
  • Place of Birth: Edinburgh
  • Address: 9 Gorden Road, Newport, Monmouthshire
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Margaret Macrae

  • Father:

    John Macrae

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Margaret Macrae

  • Children:

    6 children

More about David Paterson Macrae

David P Macrae was the son of Mr John and Mrs Margaret McRae of Dundee and was married to Mrs Margaret Macrae of 9 Gorden Road, Newport, Monmouth. David served his apprenticeship with Messrs Carmichael, Ward Foundry, Dundee. In July 1915 he served as the Chief Engineer of the Bristol registered coastal vessel Ino. In 1917, the London registered SS Ribston was en route from Melilla to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore. She was sunk by a single torpedo fired by the German submarine U-45, 80 miles west of the Fastnet Light and with the loss of 25 crewmen. David Macrae is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London.

Information from Hugh Macrae, Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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