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Francis Tallon

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Francis pension record courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 1205
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 27
  • Date of Death: 05/12/1914
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: VII.G.2.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Monifieth
  • Address: 55 Main St, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Catherine Tallon, 24 Rosebank Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    Thomas Tallon, 24 Rosebank Rd, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    Thomas

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Francis Tallon

Francis Tallon   1205   Black Watch

DIED IN THE TRENCHES.

“It is my most sorrowful duty to write giving you some very bad news about your son, Private F. Tallon, and I can only most earnestly trust strength and comfort will be given you to enable you to bear it.  Your son, Private F. Tallon, No 1205, 2nd Battalion Black Watch, was killed in action at the trenches while bravely doing his duty.”

This was the sad message received yesterday by the parents of the deceased, who reside at 55 Main Street, Dundee.  The date when the brave soldier met his end is not given, but the sender of the message, Rev. Andrew Macfarlane, Chaplain of the 2nd Battalion Black Watch, adds that his death was instantaneous, and that he was buried the same evening at the rear of the trenches along with four comrades.  Mr Macfarlane took the service over the grave, which he remarks, will be marked with a cross, and looked after in so far as it is possible in these unsettled times.

Dundee People’s Journal 12th December 1914

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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