Great War Dundee
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James Mackay Pace
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: June 1915
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 19388
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Army Cyclist Corps
- Unit/Ship: IX Corps, Cyclist Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 05.10.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Vis-En-Artois Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 10
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 104 Lochee Rd, Dundee
- Occupation: Sawyer, McTavish, Ramsay & Co, Joiners and Boxmakers, 222 Perth Rd, Dundee
- Mother:
Betty Mackay Pace, 106 Lochee Rd, Dundee
- Father:
William Pace, 106 Lochee Rd, Dundee
- Siblings:
Alexina, Charles, George, Mina, Margaret, William & Alexander
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Mackay Pace
James has no known grave but is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial.
James Pace 19388 Army Cyclist Corps
Mr and Mrs W. Pace, 106 Lochee Road, have been officially notified that their son, Cyclist James Pace, was killed in action on 5th October, three days after his 21st birthday. Cyclist Pace, who enlisted in June, 1915, and had been fifteen months at the front, was formerly employed as a sawyer with McTavish, Ramsay, & Co., joiners and boxmakers, 220 Perth Road.
Dundee Courier 25th October 1918
Additional information kindly supplied by Elizabeth Mackay Pace Hodge and Michael Caldwell.
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