Dunn, Spottiswoode Robert

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Cemetery: Helles Memorial

Country: Turkey

Area: Gallipoli

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Force: Army

Official Number:

Unit: Cdg. 1st/4th Bn Royal Scots

Country of Service: British

Details: (Soldier, buried at sea). Died 29th June, 1915, of wounds received in the attack on the Saghir Dere on the previous day 29-Jun-1915 Aged 52 Son of the late Robert Dunn; husband of Jane Dunn (nee Kirkwood), of 15, Durham Rd., Portobello, Edinburgh. Of London. Joined Queen's Edinburgh Rifles as 2nd Lt., 1893; Capt. and Instructor of Musketry, 1899. Served in the South African War, 1901-2. Appointed Maj. in 4th Bn. Royal Scots and given the rank of Hon. Capt. in Army, 1902. Brigade Maj. of the 1st Lothian Inf. Bde. and became Hon. Lt. Col., 1906. Appointed Secretary of the Midlothian Association on the formation of the Territorial Force. Gazetted to the Command of 1st/4th Bn. Royal Scots in Jan., 1915. Panel 26 to 30.

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Helles Memorial - Dunn, Spottiswoode Robert

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