Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Robert Hutton
Military Information
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- Service no: 26127
- Rank: Private
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- Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
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Mother, 41 William St, Dundee
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More about Robert Hutton
Robert Hutton Royal Scots
THIS IS NOT WAR; IT IS MURDER,
SAYS DUNDEE SOLDIER WOUNDED IN LEFT HAND.
Private Robert Hutton, 2d Royal Scots, writing to his mother, who resides at 41 William Street, Dundee, says :___”I am wounded in the left hand. The half of my forefinger is off, But I hope to be better soon. I think I have had my share of the wat at present, but I think I will be put back again when I am better, and perhaps after I get a short furlough.”
“This is not war; it is murder on a large scale, and what with hunger and fatigue, walking and sleeping out in the rain the men are dead beat. I don’t know how things are getting on at the front just now, but we were getting it pretty bad before I left.”
Dundee Courier 20th October 1914
Information and image courtesy of Michael Caldwell
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