Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Hugh Curran
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 23527
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 26
- Date of Death: 03.09.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
- Grave/Mem Ref no: XXVII.A.5.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 06.01.1895
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 11 Peep 'O' Day Lane, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Margaret Wood
- Father:
Hugh Curran
- Siblings:
David, Jane, Mary, Maggie & Catherine
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Hugh Curran
Next of kin recorded as Mary Kirkwood, (cousin) 11 Peep o Day Lane, Dundee.
Hugh Curran 23527 King’s Own Scottish Borderers
CURRAN―Killed in action, on 3d September, 1916, 23527 Private Hugh Curran, aged 25, K.O.S.B. – Inserted by his sorrowing cousin, Mrs Mary Kirkwood, 11 Peep o’ Day Lane, Dundee, also his cousins Annie and Lizze.
Dundee People’s Journal 30th September 1916
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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