James Chalmers

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 292599
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 1st/7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 23/04/1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: II.C.8.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 27 Wellgrove Street, Lochee, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Jessie Chalmers, 49 Wingate St, Liverpool

  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    Lilly, 27 Wellgrove St, Lochee, Dundee

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about James Chalmers

James Chalmers   292599   Black Watch

CHALMERSIn loving memory of Private James Chalmers, Black Watch, late Scottish Horse, who was killed in action, 23rd April 1917. – Inserted by his mother and sister, Lilly, 27 Wellgrove Street, Lochee.

Dundee People’s Journal 27th April 1918

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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