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David Buchanan

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David's Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Whitehaven
  • Service no: 203638
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Border Regiment
  • Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 41
  • Date of Death: 21.09.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extention
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: IV.F.12.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Isabel Buchanan, 2 Arbroath Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    David Wells Buchanan, 2 Arbroath Rd, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    George, Charles & William

  • Spouse:

    Mary Ann Buchanan, 14 Hugh St, Bransty, Whitehaven, Cumberland

  • Children:

    David, born 16.08.1906 & Robert, born 31.08.1912

More about David Buchanan

For reasons unknown David is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

David Buchanan   203638   Border Regiment

BUCHANAN―Private David Buchanan, Border Regiment, died of wounds in action on the 21st of September, third son of Mrs D. W. Buchanan 2 Arbroath Road, Dundee, and beloved husband of Mary Hendry, Whitehaven, Cumberland.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 26th September 1918

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

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