John Stevenson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 9100
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
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  • Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 27
  • Date of Death: 23.04.1915
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 22

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
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  • Mother:
  • Father:

    George Stevenson c/o Brodie 61 Lochee Rd, Dundee

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More about John Stevenson

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. His father George was the Pipe Major for the Kings Own Scottish Borderers.

John Stevenson   9100   Kings Own Scottish Boarders

DUNDEE PIPER KILLED IN ACTION.

Lance-Corporal Stevenson, a piper in the 1st K.O.S.B., who has been killed in action.   Lance-Corporal Stevenson was a grandson of Mr George Stevenson, blacksmith, Loons Road, Dundee.

Dundee Courier 4th April 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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