Great War Dundee
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George Marr Maitland
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: April 1915
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 4090
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 4th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 38
- Date of Death: 14.10.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval
- Grave/Mem Ref no: X.E.8.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Aberdeen
- Address: Marshalls Land, Invergowrie
- Occupation: Paper Machineman, Bullionfield Paper Mill
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Euphemia Maitland, c/o Cliff, P.O. Bonhet, South Rhodesia, Africa
- Children:
James, born 29.11.1905, Robert, born 22.10.1907, Helen, born 22.12.1908, George, died 02.09.1916, Effie, born 27.05.1912 & Sydney, born 08.11.1914
More about George Marr Maitland
For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, but is remembered on the Liff & Benvie War Memorial.
George Marr Maitland 4090 Black Watch
MAITLAND―At Marshall’s Land, Invergowrie, on 2d September, John Soutar Maitland (Wee Jack), third son of George Maitland, Black Watch, France, and Euphemia Maitland, aged 6 years and 1 month.
Dundee People’s Journal 9th September 1916
Invergowrie Man Missing.
Private George Maitland, Black Watch, (missing), resided in Invergowrie. Prior to enlistment Private Maitland acted as a paper machineman in Bullionfield Paper Mill. Enlisting in April 1915, he was sent to France in September of the same year.
Dundee People’s Journal 4th November 1916
MAITLAND―Missing, now officially reported killed in action, on 14th October 1916, 4090 Private George Maitland, Black Watch, aged 38 years, beloved husband of Euphemia Maitland, Marshall’s Land, Invergowrie.
Dundee People’s Journal 13th January 1917
MAITLAND― In loving memory of my dear husband, Private George Maitland, Black Watch, killed in action on 14th October 1916, in France; also John Maitland, (Wee Jack), aged 6 years, died 2d September 1916, third son of the late George Maitland and Euphemia Maitland, Invergowrie.
Dundee People’s Journal 29th September 1917
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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