Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Peter Black
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 6744 (originally 2120)
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 1st/7th Battalion (Originally 1/4th)
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 18.09.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck
- Grave/Mem Ref no: I. B. 1
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 1895
- Place of Birth: St Andrews, Fife
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Maggie Black, Meldrum Sq, Newport, Fife
- Father:
George Black
- Siblings:
James, Agnes, George, Andrew
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Peter Black
During the course of WW1 some 346 men were executed for various offences including desertion and cowardice. We know now that many of those men were likely suffering from the trauma of war; a condition today referred to as post traumatic stress syndrome and combat stress reaction. In 2007, after years of campaigning and the eventual signing of the Armed Forces Act 2006, 306 of those men were pardoned posthumously.
Private Peter Black, executed for desertion at 5:47am on 18 September 1916, was among those 306 pardoned men. Peter fought at Neuve-Chapelle, Festurbert and Loos and so likely experienced unimaginable trauma before deserting.
After the war Peter was honoured by his community in Newport-on-Tay when they campaigned and won the right to have is name included on the local war memorial; a campaign that allegedly included a secret plot to dynamite the memorial into the Tay!
Read more about the story of Private Peter Black and view a digital comic about the campaign to include Peter’s name on the memorial.
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