Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
William Jordan
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 25306
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards: Military Medal
- Regiment/Service: Durham Light Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 10th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 31
- Date of Death: 16.09.1916
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Pier & Face 14A & 15C
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 9 Peddie Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Calender Worker, Ashton Works, Hawkhill, Dundee
- Mother:
- Father:
James Jordan, 9 Peddie St, Dundee
- Siblings:
John
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William Jordan
William has no known grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
William Jordan MM 25306 Durham Light Infantry
DUNDEE INFANTRYMAN KILLED BY SHELL.
Mr Jordan, 9 Peddie Street, Dundee, has received official intimation of the death in action of his son, Private William Jordan, Durham Light Infantry.
Deceased, who was thirty-one years of age, enlisted in April of last year, and had been in France for ten months. Private Jordan was prior to enlistment employed as a calender worker in Ashton Works, Dundee.
Trooper John Jordan, a son of Mr Jordan, is serving in the Scottish Horse.
Dundee Courier 7th October 1916
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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