James Rust

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: S/43137
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 9th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 19
  • Date of Death: 29/09/1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: B.15.41.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Montrose
  • Address: 20 Isla Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Rust, 20 Isla St, Dundee

  • Father:

    Robert Rust, 20 Isla St, Dundee

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about James Rust

James Rust   S/43137   Black Watch

RUST—Died of wounds, on the 29th September, Private James Rust, second and dearly beloved so of R. Rust, 20 Isla Street, Dundee, and late of Montrose.

Dundee People’s Journal 14th October 1916

Additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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