More about Jules Joseph Ghislain Delval

Jules is recorded as having died on 11th January on C.W.G.C. but he headstone is marked as 12th January.

Jules entered Dundee Royal Infirmary 29.10.1914 ( Dundee Hospital Book Nentry No 7895). Jules never recovered and died there 11.01.1915.

BELGIAN SOLDIER BURIED AT BARNHILL.
The Belgian soldier who died in Dundee Royal Infirmary was buried with military honours in Barnhill Cemetery yesterday afternoon. The young hero, whose name was Jules Delval, was a telegraphist the Belgian Army, and was one of the first of the wounded Belgians to reach Dundee. He was first taken to The Lodge, Broughty Ferry but was eventually removed to Dundee Royal Infirmary, where he succumbed to his wounds. His body was removed from the Infirmary St Bride’s Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday, and it remained there overnight. Requiem Mass was celebrated yesterday morning by Father Russell, and before the coffin, which was covered with the Union Jack and Belgian flag, was removed from the church a short service was conducted the Very Rev. Canon Turner. A firing party was supplied by the 4th Battalion Black Watch, the pipe band of the same Regiment was in attendance. Large crowds witnessed the sad procession, which passed along to the strains of the “Flowers of the Forest”, all along the route blinds were drawn down as a mark of respect to the dead hero.
At the graveside the service was conducted by Canon Turner, and three volleys were fired over the grave, while the pipers played a lament. Among the mourners were Mr B. L Nairn Belgian Vice-Consul, as well as representatives of the Salvation Army, and several Red Cross nurses. (Dundee Courier 14th January 1915)