Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Keenan
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Berwick
- Service no: 7540
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Kings Own Scottish Borderers
- Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 18.04.1915
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 22
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 1884
- Place of Birth: Lochee, Dundee
- Address: 10 Marshall Street, Lochee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Mary Kane, 10 Marshall St, Lochee
- Children:
Thomas, born 26.02.1908, Elizabeth, born 11.10.1909, Martha, born 05.07.1913 & James, born 24.12.1914
More about James Keenan
James has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.
James Keenan 7540 K.O.S.B.
KEENAN___Killed in action, on the 16th April James Keenan, 2nd K.O.S.B., beloved husband of Mary Kane, 10 Marshall Street, Lochee—R.I.P.
Dundee People’s Journal 22nd May 1915
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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