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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Broughty Ferry
  • Service no: 365646
  • Rank: Gunner
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Unit/Ship: 100th Siege Battery
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 18
  • Date of Death: 24.03.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.H.56.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Monifieth
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Helen Jolly, Woodbine Cottage, 8 New Rd, Broughty Ferry

  • Father:

    George Jolly, Woodbine Cottage, 8 New Rd, Broughty Ferry

  • Siblings:

    Thomas

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about George Jolly

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. George was the brother of Sgt Thomas Milne Jolly 76611, 123rd Battalion, Canadian Pioneers, who was killed in action 21.10.1917.

George Jolly   365646   Royal Garrison Artillery

Gunner George Jolly, Broughty Ferry, has died in hospital as a result of wounds received in action.  News to that effect came to his father, Mr G. Jolly, joiner, New Road, Broughty Ferry, on Saturday.  Deceased was in the Royal Garrison Artillery, and had been at the front for about one year.

Dundee People’s Journal 7th April 1917

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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