Private Thomas Dickson

Service Number 2667


Campaign:

World War 1


Died:

29.9.1915

2SG
Aged 33
Commemorated at Loos Memorial, France. Panels 8 & 9

Son of Mrs. Dickson, of "Te Aro", Morebattle, Kelso, Roxburghshire, and the late Alexander Dickson
Private Thomas R. Dickson, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. He was killed by a sniper in France, aged 33, on 29th September 1915 during the Battle of Loos, aged 33. He had been born in Lauder and was the son of Mrs Dickson and the late Alexander Dickson of ” Te Aro ” , Morebattle. He fell in operations round the ” Chalk Pits” and “Puits 14Bis ” and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, France. The Battalion held “Hill 70” although enemy shelling caused casualties. Between 28th and 30th September there were 17 killed and 112 wounded. He had been educated at Musselburgh Academy before enlisting as a a Regular soldier and had fought in the Boer War. As a reservist he had been recalled to his old Regiment on the outbreak of War whilst working as a mason in Musselburgh. The photo shows the village of Loos after its capture and Hill 70 looking from beyond Loos.

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
Scotland Outside the Memorial Medical Centre Edinburgh Road Lauder Berwickshire Borders TD2 6TW Scotland Lauder War Memorial World War 1
 Thomas Dickson 29-9-1915 View
Scotland Burgh Chambers Cornmill Square Galashiels Ettrick And Lauderdale Borders TD1 3AD Galashiels War Memorial World War 1
 Thomas Dickson 29-9-1915 View
Scotland Main Street & Mainsfield Avenue Morebattle Roxburgh Borders TD5 8QQ Morebattle War Memorial World War 1
 Thomas Dickson 29-9-1915 View

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