Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Harry Gavin
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 372350
- Rank: Corporal
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- Regiment/Service: Labour Corps
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Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 20 Lawson St, Dundee
- Occupation: Warehouseman, Malcolm Bros, Commercial St, Dundee
- Mother:
Mrs Gavin, 23 Kinloch St, Dundee
- Father:
William Gavin
- Siblings:
Gordon & James
- Spouse:
Margaret Gibson Gavin
- Children:
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More about Harry Gavin
Formerly 9966, 1st Battalion, K.O.S.B.
Harry Gavin 9966 King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Private Harry Gavin, belongs to the King’s Scottish Borderers, in which he served seven years, and was in India when the war broke out. He is 28 years of age.
Dundee Courier 20th May 1915
Marriage.
GAVIN—NEIL – At The Manse, 55 Pitkerro Road, on the 6th January, 1917, by the Rev. J. H. Edgar, Lance-Corporal Harry Gavin, 1st K.O.S.B., eldest son of Mr and Mrs William Gavin, 14 Kinloch Street, to Margaret Gibson, only daughter of the late Thomas Neil and Mrs Neil, 2 Kinnaird Street, Dundee.
Dundee Peoples Journal 13th January 1917
Information and image courtesy of Michael Caldwell
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