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Roderick Macrae

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Roderick's Gravemarker (image courtesy of Rog, findagrave.com)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 21201
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
  • Unit/Ship: Depot Battalion
  • Place of Death: Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Age at Death: 25
  • Date of Death: 12.07.1916
  • Burial Country: Scotland
  • Cemetery: Barnhill Cemetery, Broughty Ferry
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Sec D. Lair 291/2

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 27.07.1890
  • Place of Birth: Monifieth
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Pattern Maker
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Farquhar

  • Father:

    David Macrae, 21 Ferry Rd, Monifieth

  • Siblings:

    David, Clare, Edith, Farquhar, Ella, Susan Alexander & Grace

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Roderick Macrae

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. Roderick was a former pupil of Grove Academy, Broughty Ferry and is remembered on the schools war memorial.

Roderick is believed to be the brother of Sapper David Farquhar Macrae, 541941, 3rd Battalion Canadian Engineers

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

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