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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James McPherson Stevenson
James Gravemarker (image courtesy of International Wargraves Project)
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Rippon
- Service no: S/22851
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 8th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 19.04.1918
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Voormezeele Enclosures No's 1 & 2
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Sp. Mem. 12.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 34 Fleuchar St, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Mary A. McPherson Coleman (formally Stevenson) 34 Fleuchar St, Dundee
- Father:
Robertson Stevenson
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James McPherson Stevenson
James is recorded on the original Dundee Roll of Honour as James Coleman but recorded as James McPherson Stevenson on both C.W.G.C. & S.D.G.W. He was the son of Mary A. McPherson Coleman (formally Stevenson) of 34 Fleuchar St, Dundee and the late Robertson Stevenson.
James McPherson Stevenson S/22851 Black Watch
(Served as James McPherson Stevenson)
COLEMAN—Killed in Action, on 19th April, 1918, Private James Stevenson Coleman, 22851 Black Watch, aged 19½ years. – Inserted by his sorrowing sweetheart, Mary Parker, 24 Fleuchar Street.
Dundee Peoples Journal 25th May 1918
Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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