Robert Dodds
| Rank | Lance Corporal | |
| Medals | British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 5th/6th Battalion | |
| Military Service | Killed in action. | |
| Born | c1894, Glasgow | |
| Death | 26th September 1917 | |
| Age | 23 | |
| Burial | Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 68 to 70 and 162 and 162A. | |
| CWGC Information | Son of Mrs. H. T. Dodds, of 53, Roslea Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow, and the late Alexander Dodds. | |
| Parents | Alexander Dodds (c1867-1923) & Helen Tweedale (c1868- ) | |
| Father's Occupation | Overseer, Post Office (1911) | |
| Siblings | Agnes (c1898-1944), Margaret (c1899-), Mary (c1902-1926) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Unknown | |
| Occupation | Clerk in shipping office (1911) | |
| 1901 Census | 28 Grafton Street, Glasgow | |
| 1911 Census | 53 Roslea Drive, Glasgow | |
| Home Address | 53 Roslea Drive, Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Sextus Lair 354/355 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past. Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Scottish War Memorials Project 5th Battalion The Cameronians, War Diary Dec 1915 – Sep 1918. (TNA WO 95/2422/3) | |
Gallery
Robert Doods - Sextus - Monument
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
