John Croll Duncan

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: Clyde Z/4340
  • Rank: Able Seaman
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Unit/Ship: Anson Battalion, R.N. Div
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 20
  • Date of Death: 26.10.1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 2 & 3 & 162 to 162A

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 5 Brown St, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Christina Croll Duncan, 5 Brown St, Dundee

  • Father:

    Thomas Duncan, 5 Brown St, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Croll Duncan

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

John Croll Duncan   CZ/4340   Anson Bn R.N.D.

DUNCAN—Killed in Action, on 26th October., A.B. John Croll Duncan, Royal Naval Division, aged 20 years and 4 months, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Duncan, 5 Brown Street, Dundee.

Dundee People’s Journal 17th November 1917

Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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