Private David Brodie

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Brodie, David

Place of birth:

Next of kin: Son of David and Margaret Graham, of 2, Smalls Wynd, Dundee, Scotland.

Marital status: no data

Date of death: 1920-01-31

Cause of death: Not specified

Buried: Prospect Cemetery, Veteran's Plot # 424

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 24832

Highest Rank: Private

Rank detail

Private (British Army).

Survived war: yes

Images

Pte. David Brodie, 24832, Royal Scots. His gravestone in the Veterans Plot, Prospect Cemetery, St. Clair Av. West, Toronto, Ont.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 425984

Uploader's Notes:

Pte. David Brodie was buried at Prospect Cemetery, St. Clair Av. West, Toronto, Ont. A special Veterans' plot was set aside in this cemetery in 1917 to be used for returned soldiers. This was a project of the cemetery and the Great War Veterans' Association. The first interment in this plot was made on August 5th, 1917. (Toronto Star - Sept. 14, 1917).

A Cross of Sacrifice is central to the Veterans' plot at Prospect. This Cross was unveiled on Sunday June 4th, 1922. (Toronto Star - June 3, 1922).

This stone is marked as follows:

17TH RYL Scots [Royal Scots]
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PTE. DAVID BRODIE
DIED JAN. 31, 1920
AGED 25 YEARS

Pte. Brodie is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, but he is not named on the Canadian Virtual Memorial even though he is buried in Toronto, Canada.

Source: M. I. Pirie

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Royal Scots ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-07-14

Last modified: 2008-07-14