Back to Returnees...

We need you to tell us more about the life and times of John Campbell Dewar

John Campbell Dewar

Do you have an image of
John Campbell Dewar?

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: 750218
  • Rank: Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th/5th Battalion

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1885
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

    2 sons & 2 daughters

  • Age at Death: 69
  • Date of Death: 04.04.1954
  • Place of Death: 65 Findhorn St, Dundee
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery:

More about John Campbell Dewar

John enlisted as a Piper with the Black Watch Reg No 714 and was renumbered 200018 as Corporal and renumbered again 750218 in France 24.02.1915. It is believed that he was wounded in the shoulder during the fighting at Festubert in May 1915.  John was appointed Pipe-Major for the 4th/5th Battalion. He returned from the war and served in the Territorial Army until he retired in the 1930’s.

John began his working life in 1900 as an apprentice Blacksmith at the Wallace Foundry (Urquhart Lindsay & Robertson Orchar Ltd) he worked there for 36 years and later was employed by the Cleansing Department. John finally retired 14.04.1949 before dying 04.04.1954.

Information kindly supplied by John Dewar

Can you tell us more about John Campbell Dewar'? Some additional facts, a small story handed down through the family or perhaps a picture or an heirloom you can share online. Contact our curator...

THANK YOU for your interest in helping the Great War Dundee project. Please complete the short form below and a curator will contact you in the next few days.

    I am writing to:

    [wos_roh_data]