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 Alexander Peebles Ogilvy
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 57562
- Rank: Rifleman
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: King's Liverpool Regiment
- Unit/Ship: 2nd/6th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 29
- Date of Death: 01.11.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: LXXI.B.5.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
- Address: 3 Bonnybank Rd, Dundee
- Occupation: Advertising Dept, Dundee Courier
- Mother:
Lizzie Bell Ogilvy
- Father:
David Ogilvy
- Siblings:
1 Sister
- Spouse:
Mary Bryan Ogilvy, 3 Bonnybank Rd, Dundee
- Children:
More about John Alexander Peebles Ogilvy
John Alexander Peebles Ogilvy 57562 King’s Liverpool Regiment
“Courier” Employee’s Death.
Rifleman John Ogilvy, King’s Liverpool Regiment, who was for many years employed in the advertising department of the “Courier,” has died in a hospital in France from the effects of pneumonia following gas poisoning. Rifleman Ogilvy, who is a son of Mr and Mrs Ogilvy, Royal Exchange House, enlisted in March, 1916, and had been two years in France. He had been once previously wounded. He was 29 years of age, and leaves a wife, who resides at 3 Bonnybank Road. Mr and Mrs Ogilvy’s daughter is a hospital sister.
Dundee Courier 6th November 1918
Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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