Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Wemyss
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 636032
- Rank: Gunner
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery
- Unit/Ship: 256th Brigade, 'A' Battery
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 21
- Date of Death: 17.11.1917
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen
- Grave/Mem Ref no: P.III.R.12A.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 4 Melrose Terrace, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Elizabeth Lindsay Wemyss, 4 Melrose Tce, Dundee
- Father:
John Wemyss, 4 Melrose Tce, Dundee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about James Wemyss
James Wemyss 636032 Royal Field Artillery
WEMYSS—On 17th November, 1917, from wounds received in action, Gunner James Wemyss, R.F.A., eldest son of Mr and Mrs Wemyss, 4 Melrose Terrace. – Inserted by his sorrowing sweetheart, Aggie Hoskins, 63 Wellington Street, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 24th November 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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