Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William Hamilton
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Glasgow
- Service no: 9538
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 28
- Date of Death: 13.05.1915
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Le Touret Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 37 & 38
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Glasgow
- Address: 35 Park Avenue, Dundee
- Occupation: Hamilton & Brown, Kings Rd, Dundee
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Mary Thoms, 471 Rutherglen Rd, Glasgow
- Children:
William, born 08.05.1914
More about William Hamilton
William has no known grave but is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial.
DUNDEE LANCE- CORPORAL KILLED
WHILE IN A DUGOUT.
Lance-Corporal William P. Hamilton, 2d H.L.I., has been struck down after having taken part in the war from its very inception. Deceased who, when the war was declared, lived at 2 Nelson Street, Dundee, landed in France on 5th August, and went through many stirring engagements. The news of his death was conveyed to his wife in a letter from a friend in the same regiment in which he stated that the lance-corporal along with two others, was killed by a shell in a dugout.
He was 28 years of age, and is survived by a widow and a boy one year old. Lance-Corporal Hamilton was connected with the firm of Messrs Hamilton and Brown, house furnishers, King’s Road Dundee.
Dundee Courier 18th May 1915
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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