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James Donald Horne

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James Horne

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: November 1914
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 45737
  • Rank: Driver
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  • Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
  • Unit/Ship: 113th Brigade, 'C' Battery
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 21
  • Date of Death: 04.12.1915
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extention, Nord
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.E.24.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
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  • Occupation: Ploughman
  • Mother:

    Jane Horne, 60 Commissioner St, Crieff

  • Father:

    Daniel Horne, 60 Commissioner St, Crieff

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More about James Donald Horne

This man was residing in Lochee, Dundee when he enlisted in the Army.

James D. Horne   45737   Royal Field Artillery

CRIEFF GUNNER DIES OF WOUNDS.

Mr and Mrs Horne, Commissioner Street, Crieff, yesterday received intimation that their son, James D. Horne, a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery, had died in hospital in France from wounds received in action last Saturday.

The deceased was 21 years of age, and before enlisting was employed as a ploughman at Dryburgh, Lochee.  He enlisted in November, 1914, and proceeded to France about the middle of September.  An elder brother is on active service in France as a member of the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

Dundee Courier 10th December 1915

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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