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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David Milner Simpson
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/17441
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 9th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death:
- Date of Death: 25.08.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 94 to 96
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 4 McVicars Lane, Perth Rd, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Christina Simpson, 4 McVicars Lane, Dundee
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about David Milner Simpson
David has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
David Simpson S/17441 Black Watch
SIMPSON—Killed in action, 25th August, Private David Simpson, Black Watch, only son of Mr and Mrs Simpson, 4 M’Vicar’s Lane, Perth Road.
Dundee Peoples Journal 15th September 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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