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George Johnston Christie

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George's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Edinburgh
  • Service no: M2/265446
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
  • Unit/Ship: 905th M.T. Company
  • Place of Death: Italy
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 04.05.1917
  • Burial Country: Italy
  • Cemetery: Savona Town Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: C.18.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Dundee 'Avertiser'
  • Mother:

    Margaret Christie, 10 Rosebery St, Dundee

  • Father:

    Robert Christie, 10 Rosebery St, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Margaretta E. A. Christie, 21 Bellevue Rd, Edinburgh

  • Children:

More about George Johnston Christie

For reasons unknown George is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

George T. Christie   M2/265446   Mechanical Transport A.S.C.

DUNDEE ORGANIST DROWNED ON SERVICE.

Driver George T. Christie, Mechanical Transport A.S.C., who has been drowned on service, was well known in musical circles in Dundee.  For some time, he was organist in Baxter Park U.F. Church, and later in Bonnethill Church.

His widowed mother resides in Rosebery Street.  Deceased was employed in the “Dundee Advertiser.”

Dundee Courier 18th May 1917

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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