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1915  Arrived in France 20^th July, probably as part of a draft for the 2^nd Battalion Black Watch.  This battalion was part of the 21^st (Bareilly) Brigade, 7^th (Meerut) division and arrived from India in October 1914.  On the 25^th September the battalion took part in the first day of the Battle of Loos at which poison gas (chlorine) was used by the British for the first time and some men in the battalion were caught by it.

c1893 Barony, Glasgow

Killed in action.  Nothing else known.

Son of John Smith, of 48, North Portland St., Glasgow; husband of Annie McDonald Smith.

John and Annie Smith

Not known

James

Annie McDonald Smith

Not known

Not known

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Scottish National War Memorial

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org

Friends of DundeeCity Archives – http://www.fdca.org.uk/Loos01.html

The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/

Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com