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 Fotheringham
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 9525
- Rank: Sergeant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 01.12.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Cambrai Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 10
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 5 Whitehall Street, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
David Fotheringham, 29 Stirling St, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Kate Fotheringham, 5 Whitehall St, Dundee
- Children:
More about David Fotheringham
David has no known grave but is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial. He is believed to be the brother of Pte William Fotheringham, 1760, 1st Battalion Black Watch, who was killed in action 10.05.1915.
David Fotheringham 9525 Highland Light Infantry
MARRIAGE
FOTHERINGHAM―M’KINLAY―At Gilfillan Memorial Church, on the 12th September, by the Rev. William Paxton, F.R.G.S., Sergt. David Fotheringham, H.L.I., B.E.F., eldest son of David Fotheringham, 29 Stirling Street, to Kate Christie, only daughter of John McKinly, 5 Whitehall Street, Dundee.
Dundee Courier 13th September 1917
Additional information supplied by Gary Thomson and Michael Caldwell
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