WW1 Memorial Plaque To Pte Samuel Rae, 15th Bn Royal Scots Killed in Action on the 1st Day of The Battle of Somme

WW1 Memorial Plaque
Samuel Rae
Pte Samuel Rae, 15th Bn., Royal Scots
Was Killed in Action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme 01 July 1916 Age 27
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Rae, of 4,Gladstone Place, Kirkcudbright. M.A. (Edinburgh, 1912).
Samuel had been Dux at the Academy then graduating from Edinburgh University in 1912 having completed a teacher training course, he had only been a few months at Tiree High School when he was called up.
Remembered with Honour Thiepval Memorial
Together with Memorial Plaque case and copy of scroll and Commonwealth War Graves Details and Medal Index Card

Code: 56686