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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James Young Duncan
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 76150
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Notts & Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)
- Unit/Ship: 17th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 25
- Date of Death: 31.07.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 39 & 41
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 22 St Peter Street, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Wilhelmina C. Duncan, 74 Gray St, Broughty Ferry
- Children:
Magdaline, born 19.03.1913 & Alastair, born 01.02.1915
More about James Young Duncan
James has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.
James Young Duncan 76150 Notts & Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)
DUNCAN―Killed in action, on 30th July, Private James Duncan, Sherwood Foresters, late R.E., beloved husband of Mina Dalson, 74 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry, aged 25. – Inserted by his wife and family.
Dundee People’s Journal 1st September 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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