Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Charles Dillan
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 200914
- Rank: Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship:
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 34
- Date of Death: 23/09/1917
- 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: 113 Rosebery Street, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Jane Eccles, 113 Roseberry St, Dundee
- Father:
Neil Dillan, 113 Roseberry St, Dundee
- Siblings:
Jane Dillan, 113 Roseberry St, Dundee
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Charles Dillan
Charles has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. This mans surname is recorded as Dillon on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.
Charles Dillon 200914 Black Watch
DILLON―Killed in action on the 23rd September, Corporal Charles Dillon, Black Watch, aged 34 years, son of Jane Eccles, 113 Rosebery Street, Lochee. – Inserted by his sorrowing mother, Jane Eccles, and Neil Dillon, late of Glengarnock, now residing at 113 Rosebery Street, also his cousin, Annie Ellwood.
Dundee People’s Journal 13th October 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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