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James Ellis

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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: CH/194312
  • Rank: Petty Officer 1st Class
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: H.M.S. Pembroke
  • Unit/Ship: Royal Navy
  • Place of Death: Perth
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 10.09.1918
  • Burial Country: Scotland
  • Cemetery: Dundee Eastern Necropolis
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: MM.5.347.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth:
  • Address: 175 Perth Rd, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Ann Munro Ellis

  • Father:

    Alexander Ellis, 15 Upper Mill St, Blairgowrie

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Jessie Ellis, 8 Stanhope Gardens, Highgate

  • Children:

More about James Ellis

James was discharged from the Navy, 24.03.1915

James Ellis   CH/194312   Petty Officer H.M.S. Pembroke

ELLIS___At Perth, 10th Sept., James Ellis, Petty Officer from shell shock, beloved eldest son of Ann Munro or Ellis, 175 Perth Road, Dundee.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 8th November 1918

James Ellis was the son of Mr Alexander Ellis of 15 Upper Mill Street, Blairgowrie. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in 1900 and carried out his initial training onboard HMS Caledonia, a three masted training ship moored in the River Forth. He served on several ships before specialising as a Diver in 1905. At the outbreak of war he was serving at HMS Ganges near Ipswich but was discharged on medical grounds in March 1915. He died from his illness in 1918 and is buried in the Dundee Eastern Necropolis Grave Reference MM 5 347.

Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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

Further information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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