Philip Rettie correspondence

Letters to family members and Scottish National War Memorial

In 1917 the first chairman of the hospital board, William Rettie, purchased the house at 2 Park Place and had it adapted as a dental surgery as a memorial to Philip, the youngest of three sons, who had been killed in the Great War . Philip Rettie has no known grave but his name appears on the war memorial in Thiepval. It is reported that he was wounded but refused treatment and continued his advancement. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the 1st of July 1916.

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They were sent to the archives by J. Philip Rettie in 2007

In 1917 the first chairman of the hospital board, William Rettie, purchased the house at 2 Park Place and had it adapted as a dental surgery as a memorial to Philip, the youngest of three sons, who had been killed in the Great War . Philip Rettie has no known grave but his name appears on the war memorial in Thiepval. It is reported that he was wounded but refused treatment and continued his advancement. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the 1st of July 1916.

Description compiled by Alexandria Humphries, Febraury 2019

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These letters were held by J. Philip Rettie, the nephew of Philip Rettie.

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MS 435