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Pte. R Geddes

British Army 5th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers

from:5 Melville Street, Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland

(d.20th Mar 1918)

Private R. Geddes was the son of Robert and Anna (nee Torrance) Geddes of 5 Melville Street, Lochgelly, Scotland. In September 1917 he and the 5th Battalion were deployed to Egypt for involvement in the Palestine Campaign. On 9th March 1918 a new offensive began towards Jordan, and it was shortly afterwards that he lost his life aged 29. Private Geddes is buried at the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt.



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