David Kellie

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 27377
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 16th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 18.11.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: B.22.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 63 Strathmartine Road, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:

    James Kellie, 287 Hilltown, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    Bella

  • Spouse:

    Bessie Kelly, 63 Strathmartine Rd, Dundee

  • Children:

    David, born 03.08.1911 & Margaret, born 03.05.1914

More about David Kellie

David Kellie   27377   Highland Light Infantry

KELLIE___Killed in action, on the 18th November, Private David Kellie, Highland Light Infantry, beloved husband of Bessie Strachan, 63 Strathmartine Road. – Inserted by his sorrowing wife.

Also, youngest and dearly beloved son of James Kellie, 287 Hilltown. – Inserted by his sorrowing sister Bella.

Dundee People’s Journal 16th December 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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