Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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David Colquhoun Stewart Croall
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 202305
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 4th/5th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 03.05.1918
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 94 to 96
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 135 Ferry Rd, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Jeanie Anderson
- Father:
David Croall
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Jessie Kirkaldy Croall, 319 3rd St, Petaluma, California, USA
- Children:
William Black Livie Croall, born 15.05.1917
More about David Colquhoun Stewart Croall
David has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
David served his apprenticeship with Messrs S. Fairweather & Sons, and afterwards went to America and settled in Andover, Mass. He returned in October 1915, and joined the 5th Black Watch (Lewis Gun Section). After a years service he was sent to France, where he was wounded and invalided home. Six weeks after his return to France he was killed by a sniper at Voormezeele.
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