Rank
Second Lieutenant
Medals
1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1st/8th Battalion
Military Service
1914 enlisted in the Sportsman’s Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers on 1st December
1915 commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 8th Cameronians 16th April. Joined the battalion in Gallipoli 18th August
Born
Death
25th October 1915
Circumstances of death
Died of gastro-enteritis at No 19 General Hospital, Alexandria
Age
33
Burial
Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Q. 535
Parents
James Dunn (1833-1886) and Helen Turner (1842-1917)
Fathers Occupation
Siblings
Jessie (c1866- ), David (c1867- ), Margaret (c1868- ), Turner (1869-1901), Lucy (b &d 1870), Helen (1871-1912), Mary (b & d 1873), Katharine (c1875- ), James (c1876- ), Florence (c1878- ), Frederick (1880- ), Bannatyne (c1884- )
Spouse
Education
Glasgow Academy
Sedbergh School
University of Glasgow, MA (1903), BD (1907)
Occupation
Minister of the Church of Scotland. Licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1907, assistant at the West Parish, Greenock. Ordained on 8th September 1909 and became minister at Sheuchan Parish Church, Stranraer. Granted a year’s leave of absence from his charge about November 1914.
1891 Census
Annet House, Shore Road, Largs (living with grandmother)
1901 Census
Home Address
Sheuchan Parish Church Manse, Stranraer
Glasgow Necropolis
Other Memorials
Scottish Ministers War Memorial, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
The Glasgow Academy Chronicle of December 1916 records the dedication of a memorial tablet to Herbert Dunn: The dedication of the brass memorial plate in Sheuchan Parish Church, Stranraer, to Lieutenant the Rev. Herbert Dunn, minister of the congregation, who died while on service in the East, was performed at a special service by the Rev. Nichol Service, of the·West Church, Greenock. The memorial bears the following· inscription ;-” In memory of the Rev. Herbert Dunn, B.D., minister of this Parish 1909-1915, Lieutenant in Scottish Rifles, 8th Battalion, who died on active service at Alexandria, Egypt, 29th October, 1915, aged 33 years. Faithful unto death.”
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Museum, Hamilton, The University of Glasgow, Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk),
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org
Family Search – www.familysearch.org
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
Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae volume 2. 1915
GlasgowAcademy Chronicle December 1916
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Medals
1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Regiment Information
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1st/8th Battalion
Military Service
1914 enlisted in the Sportsman’s Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers on 1st December
1915 commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 8th Cameronians 16th April. Joined the battalion in Gallipoli 18th August
Born
Death
25th October 1915
Circumstances of Death
Died of gastro-enteritis at No 19 General Hospital, Alexandria
Age
33
Burial
Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Q. 535
Herbert Dunn’s gravestone at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Copyright University of Glasgow
Parents
James Dunn (1833-1886) and Helen Turner (1842-1917)
Father's Occupation
Siblings
Jessie (c1866- ), David (c1867- ), Margaret (c1868- ), Turner (1869-1901), Lucy (b &d 1870), Helen (1871-1912), Mary (b & d 1873), Katharine (c1875- ), James (c1876- ), Florence (c1878- ), Frederick (1880- ), Bannatyne (c1884- )
Spouse
Education
Glasgow Academy
Sedbergh School
University of Glasgow, MA (1903), BD (1907)
Occupation
Minister of the Church of Scotland. Licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1907, assistant at the West Parish, Greenock. Ordained on 8th September 1909 and became minister at Sheuchan Parish Church, Stranraer. Granted a year’s leave of absence from his charge about November 1914.
Home Address
Sheuchan Parish Church Manse, Stranraer
Glasgow Necropolis
1891 Census
Annet House, Shore Road, Largs (living with grandmother)
1901 Census
Other Memorials
Scottish Ministers War Memorial, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
The Glasgow Academy Chronicle of December 1916 records the dedication of a memorial tablet to Herbert Dunn: The dedication of the brass memorial plate in Sheuchan Parish Church, Stranraer, to Lieutenant the Rev. Herbert Dunn, minister of the congregation, who died while on service in the East, was performed at a special service by the Rev. Nichol Service, of the·West Church, Greenock. The memorial bears the following· inscription ;-” In memory of the Rev. Herbert Dunn, B.D., minister of this Parish 1909-1915, Lieutenant in Scottish Rifles, 8th Battalion, who died on active service at Alexandria, Egypt, 29th October, 1915, aged 33 years. Faithful unto death.”
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Museum, Hamilton, The University of Glasgow, Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk),
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org
Family Search – www.familysearch.org
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
Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae volume 2. 1915
GlasgowAcademy Chronicle December 1916
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
Rev Herbert Dunn - Monument - Epsilon Glasgow Necropolis