Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Thomas McConnell
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 27.05.1915
- Place of enlistment: Niagara Camp, Ontario.
- Service no: 47907
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 15th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 23
- Date of Death: 28.06.1916
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
- Grave/Mem Ref no: VI.H.11.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 24.05.1893
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation: Baker
- Mother:
Emily McConnell, 18 Fife St, Hamilton, Ontario
- Father:
Thomas McConnell, 18 Fife St, Hamilton, Ontario
- Siblings:
William, John, George, Elizabeth, Emily & Isabella
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Thomas McConnell
Thomas was the brother of Sgt/Major William McConnell 739049, of the 114th Battalion, Canadian Infantry who died in 1922 and Trooper John McConnell, 226996, Depot Bn, Canadian Mounted Rifles
For more information on Thomas, visit, Thomas’s Memorial also Thomas’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register
There are also references to Thomas in the local Dundee Newspapers available in Dundee Central Library
Advertiser 25/08/1916 page 3 and Peoples Journal 26/08/1916 page 14.
For reasons unknown Thomas McConnell is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour
Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson
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