John Wishart

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 201173
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Black Watch
  • Unit/Ship: 4th/5th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 23
  • Date of Death: 31/07/1917
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 37.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 4 Hunter Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Agnes Wishart, 14 Temple Lane, Dundee

  • Children:

More about John Wishart

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.

John Wishart   201173   Black Watch

WISHART—Killed in action, on 31st July 1917, Private John Wishart, beloved husband of Agnes Wishart, 4 Hunter Street.

Dundee People’s Journal 25th August 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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