David Carr

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: S/8420
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 42
  • Date of Death: 13.10.1915
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.B.6.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 161 Overgate, Dundee
  • Occupation: Seaman
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    Alexander Carr, 161 Overgate, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about David Carr

David Carr   S/8420   10th Seaforth Highlanders

DUNDEE SEAFORTH KILLED.

Official intimation has reached his father, who resides at 161 Overgate, Dundee, of the death in action of Private David Carr, 10th Seaforth Highlanders.  He was 42 years of age, and prior to enlistment after the out-break of war he was a seaman.

Dundee Courier 11th November 1915

Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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