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Alexander Hutchison

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 6866
  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st/7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 36
  • Date of Death: 31.10.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Auchonvillers Military Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: II.E.46.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Isabella Hutchison, Maggetland Farm, Inchture

  • Father:

    Alexander Hutchison, Maggetland Farm, Inchture

  • Siblings:
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More about Alexander Hutchison

For reasons unknown Alex is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

Alexander Hutchison   6866   Black Watch

INCHTURE FARMER’S SON KILLED.

Sergeant Alexander Hutchison, Black Watch, eldest son of Mr Alexander Hutchison, Maggetland Farm, Inchture, has been killed in action.

Sergeant Hutchison who was employed on his father’s farm, was 36 years of age, and had seen much service in the Scottish Horse in the South African War.  The intimation of his death is contained in an officer’s letter, which states that Sergeant Hutchison was in charge of a working party which was struck by a shell.  He was fatally wounded, and died without recovering consciousness.

Dundee Courier 16th November 1916

HUTCHISON___Killed in action, on 31st October, Sergeant Alexander Hutchison, Black Watch, eldest son of Alexander and Isabella Hutchison, Maggetland Farm, Inchture, aged 36.

Dundee People’s Journal 18th November 1916

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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