Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Thomas Patterson
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 24.10.1914
- Place of enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Service no: 71860
- Rank: Company Sergeant Major
- Service Occupation:
- Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal & Bar
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 27th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 43
- Date of Death: 03.05.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no:
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 01.08.1873
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation: Car Inspector
- Mother:
Mrs J. Duncan, 74 Nethergate, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
& James
- Spouse:
Mary Jane Patterson, 234 Bertrand St, Norwood, Manitoba
- Children:
More about Thomas Patterson
Thomas has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. He previously served 18 years with the Gordon Highlanders. He was the brother of Driver Robert Patterson, 208th Field Company, Royal Engineers, who also served and returned home safely and Sapper James Erskine Patterson, 312006, Royal Engineers, who died, 09.02.1921.
For more information on Thomas, visit, Thomas’s Memorial also Thomas’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register
There is also a reference to Thomas in the Dundee Peoples Journal 30/06/1917 page 7, available in Dundee Central Library
For reasons unknown Thomas Patterson is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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