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Military service
Service number:
192880
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
September 24, 1889
Death:
October 22, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. B. 12.
Additional information
Son of George and Agnes Robb, of 1, Carron Rd., Falkirk, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Alexander Robb
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Newspaper Obituary
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Robb was originally a member of the 92nd Bn before his transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ALEXANDER ROBB
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Robb
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Commemorated on:
Page 155 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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