Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Chalmers
James Gravemarker (image courtesy of International Wargraves Project)
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
CHALMERS―In 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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