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David Whitelaw Grant

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David Grant, image courtesy of Michael Caldwell

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 201065
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th/5th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 31/07/1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 37.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 26 St Roques Lane, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mother, 47 Princes St, Dundee

  • Father:

    D. Grant

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Theresa Grant, 26 St Rogues Lane, Dundee

  • Children:

More about David Whitelaw Grant

David has no known grave but is remembered on the  Menin Gate Memorial.

David Whitelaw Grant   201065   Black Watch

GRANT―Killed in action, 31st July, Private W. Grant, aged 24, husband of Theresa Connelly, 26 St Roque’s Lane, Dundee, and youngest son of Mrs D. Grant, 47 Princess Street. – Inserted by his sorrowing wife, 26 St Roque’s Lane, Dundee.

Dundee People’s Journal 25th August 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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