Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
David D. Kidd
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 20188
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
- Unit/Ship: 11th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 14.07.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
- Grave/Mem Ref no: XV.C.32.
More about David D. Kidd
David is believed to be the brother of Pte Robert Kidd, 466875, 42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Robert wife was lost at sea when the the ship she was sailing on was torpedoed by a German Submarine, and Pte Thomas Kidd, 20496, 10th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops
David D. Kidd 20188 Royal Scots
PATRIOTIC FAMIL’S FIRST BREAK.
Mrs Kidd, 30 Dundonald Street, Dundee, widow of the late Mr Thomas Kidd, slater, 38 Lynn Street, received intimation from the War Office yesterday that her youngest son, Private David D. Kidd, Royal Scots, was killed in action on 14th July.
Mrs Kidd has three other sons doing their bit for King and Country. Private Robert Kidd and Private Thomas Kidd are in the Canadians, the former having been wounded, while Private Aeneas Kidd is in the Ordnance Corps.
Dundee Courier 9th August 1916
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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