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 Ross Kennedy
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/42071
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 8th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 19.07.1918
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Ploegsteert Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 7
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 103 Hospital Wynd, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Joan Kennedy, 103 Hospital Wynd, Dundee
- Father:
John Ross Kennedy, 103 Hospital Wynd, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about John Ross Kennedy
John has no known grave but is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
John Ross Kennedy S/42071 Black Watch
KENNEDY___Killed in action on 19th July, Private John R. Kennedy, Black Watch, aged 19 years only beloved son of the late John Ross Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy, 103 Hospital Wynd, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 17th August 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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