James Kilgour

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: S/11191
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 31
  • Date of Death: 09.05.1918
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 141 to 143 & 162

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 34 Ogilvies Rd, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Mrs Kilgour, 44 Polepark Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    James Kilgour

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Jane W. Kilgour, 34 Ogilvies Rd, Dundee

  • Children:

    James, born 06.10.1905, Williamina, born 18.01.1907, Helen, born 03.07.1908 & Alexander, born 25.05.1912.

More about James Kilgour

James has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

James Kilgour   S/11191  Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

KILGOUR―Killed in action, on 9th May, No. 11191 Private James Kilgour, A. and S.H., son of the late James Kilgour, plasterer, Dundee. – Inserted by his sorrowing mother and sisters, 44 Polepark Road, Dundee.

Dundee People’s Journal 15th June 1918

Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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