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James Samson

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James pension record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Perth
  • Service no: 3/3349
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 09/05/1915
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Le Touret Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panels 24 to 26.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 10 Crescent Lane, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Jessie Samson, 10 Crescent Lane, Dundee

  • Children:

    Jessie, born 15.11.1906, Margaret, born 08.06.1910 & Andrew, born 29.11.1914

More about James Samson

James has no known grave but is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial.

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