Service Details
Name:
 DICKSON
Given Name:
 WALTER MICHAEL
Initials:
 W M
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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Unit:
 11th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-09-26
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Date of Birth:
 1884-11-23
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Brother of Mr. G. H. Dickson, of Bredasdorp, Cape Province, South Africa. A Scottish rugby international, who also represented Scotland at cricket. He played seven rugby Tests for his adopted country in 1912-13. He had come to Britain as a Rhodes Scholar then when war broke out he signed up with the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 LOOS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 125 to 127.

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