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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John Scotland Reoch
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 9987
- Rank: Sergeant
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 14/11/1914
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: I.M.4
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Agnes Reoch, biscuit packer
- Father:
A.S Reoch, hairdresser
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Agnes Lamond Reoch, 18 Barrack St, Perth
- Children:
Euphemia, born 23.02.1911 & Ruby, born 03.04.1913
More about John Scotland Reoch
John Scotland Reoch 9987 Black Watch
BLACK WATCH SERGEANT
DIES OF WOUNDS IN HOSPITAL.
Sergeant J. S. Reoch, of the 1st Battalion Black Watch, succumbed in hospital on 9th November to wounds received at Ypres. He was a native of Dundee, and was well known in the city and also in Perth, where he was located for a time. His younger brother, who is in the 2d Black Watch, has been wounded and lies in hospital at Rouen.
Dundee People’s Journal 5th December 1914
Information kindly supplied by Gary Fitzpatrick, additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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