Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Scotland
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 04.02.1915
- Place of enlistment: Montreal, Quebec.
- Service no: 65877
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 5th Infantry Brigade
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 26
- Date of Death: 30.04.1916
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: J.32.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 12.07.1889
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation: Coachman
- Mother:
Jane Taylor Scotland, 11 Forest Park Rd, Dundee
- Father:
James Simpson Scotland, 11 Forest Park Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Scotland
For more information on James visit, James memorial and James Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register
There is also a reference to James in the Dundee Peoples Journal 20/05/1916 page 7, available in Dundee Central Library
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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