Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Hugh McCurdy
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Kirkaldy
- Service no: 42792
- Rank: Gunner
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
- Unit/Ship: Siege Battery
- Place of Death: Epping Military Auxiliary Hospital
- Age at Death: 40
- Date of Death: 05.02.1918
- Burial Country: Scotland
- Cemetery: Dundee (Balgay) Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: EE.5.24
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Ballygole, Co Antrim
- Address: 46 Peddie St, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Sophia McCurdy
- Father:
Hugh McCurdy
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Mary Livesey McCurdy, 46 Peddie St, Dundee
- Children:
Mary Ann, born 03.12.1902, Hugh, born 15.11.1904, Helen, born 03.06.1906, John, born 15.09.1907, Elizabeth, born 01.10.1908, George, born 10.03.1910 & Cecilia, born 19.01.1912
More about Hugh McCurdy
Hugh McCurdy 42792 Royal Garrison Artillery
M’CURDY―At an Epping Military Auxiliary Hospital, on 5th February, Gunner Hugh M’Curdy Siege Battery, B.E.F., died of wounds. – Inserted by his sorrowing wife and family.
Dundee People’s Journal 9th March 1918
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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