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James Laughlin McDonald

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James Pension Record image courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Montrose
  • Service no: 7174
  • Rank: Private
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 35
  • Date of Death: 25.08.1914
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: IV.B.21.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 9 Kinloch Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Catherine Morrison English (formally McDonald) 81 Strathmartine Rd, Dundee

  • Children:

    James, born 24.11.1909, Jane, born 01.03.1911, Catherine, born 04.12.1912 & Edmund, born 22.03.1915

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