William Stark

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Glasgow
  • Service no: 31147
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
  • Unit/Ship: 13th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 39
  • Date of Death: 11.04.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Arras Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 1 & 2

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 7 William Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Stark, 7 William St, Dundee

  • Father:

    John Stark

  • Siblings:

    Thomas

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about William Stark

William has no known grave but is remembered on the Arras Memorial. He was the brother of Cpl Thomas Stark, 7876, 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action 14.10.1914

William Stark   31147   Royal Scots

STARK___Killed in action on the 11th April, Private William Stark, Royal Scots, second son of the late John and Mrs Stark, 7 William Street.

Inserted by Allan Winton, 6 Clepington Street, and his uncle, John Ireland, 27 Lyon Street.

Dundee People’s Journal 5th May 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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