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Alexander Paul

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Photo, Arbroath Roll of Honour

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: August 1915
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 3365
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 5th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 20
  • Date of Death: 15.08.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Caudry Old Communal Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: C.4.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Ploughman, West Hall, Dundee
  • Mother:

    Margaret Paul, Marywell Cottages, Inverkeilor

  • Father:

    Alexander Paul

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Alexander Paul

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

“Alexander joined the army as a private in the 6th Black Watch in August 1915, and served in France for nearly a year when he was wounded in the thigh and chest and taken prisoner. He Died a month later, on the 15th August 1916, a prisoner of war in Germany.” Arbroath Roll of Honour, page 65.

Alexander Paul   3365   Black Watch

INVERKEILOR MAN DIES OF WOUNDS.

Private Alexander Paul, of the Black Watch, son of Mr Alexander Paul, Hodgeton, Inverkeilor, has died of wounds as a prisoner of war in Germany.  Deceased, who was 20 years of age, was in July taken a prisoner after being wounded, and his death is reported to have occurred on 15th August.  Private Paul was formerly a ploughman in the Dundee district.

Arbroath Guide 11th November 1916

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

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