Great War Dundee
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Arnott David Chalmers
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dunkeld
- Service no: 96
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Scottish Horse
- Unit/Ship: 3rd Battalion
- Place of Death: Turkey/Gallipoli
- Age at Death: 21
- Date of Death: 07.09.1915
- Burial Country: Turkey/Gallipoli
- Cemetery: Green Hill Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Special Mem A.6.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Bottle, Lancs
- Address: Liff, by Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Jeanie Chalmers, 19 Guilford Ave, Surbiton Hill, Surbiton, Surrey
- Father:
William Chalmers, 19 Guilford Ave, Surbiton Hill, Surbiton, Surrey
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Arnott David Chalmers
For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, but is remembered on the Liff & Benvie War Memorial.
Arnott David Chalmers 96 Scottish Horse
BIRKHILL MAN IN THE SCOTTISH HORSE
IS KILLED AT THE DARDANELLES.
The first fatality in the ranks of the Scottish Horse amongst Dundee and district men is reported in Birkhill that Lance-Corporal Arnott Chalmers was killed at the Dardanelles on the 7th of September.
He had just returned from duty in an observation trench near the Turkish position when a shrapnel shell burst near him. He was wounded in the head by a piece of shrapnel, and lived only about two hours. Lance-Corporal Chalmers, who was 21 years of age, was a well-known local amateur singer.
Dundee Courier 22nd September 1915
CHALMERS― Killed in action, at Dardanelles on 7th September, eldest son of William Chalmers, Surbiton, Surrey, and nephew of William and Anne Boyack, Stoney Groves, Liff.
Dundee Courier 23rd September 1915
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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