31, Bankhead, Blairgowrie

Cumming J. Dick, head, 30, baker, b. Blairgowrie

Mary Dick, wife, 30, b. Blairgowrie

Mary Ann Dick, daughter, 6, scholar, b. Blairgowrie

James Dick, son, 3, b. Blairgowrie

Edith Dick, daughter, 7 months, b. Blairgowrie

39, John's Street, Blairgowrie

Cumming Dick, head, 40, baker, b. Blairgowrie

Mary Dick, wife, 40, b. Blairgowrie

James Dick, son, 13, scholar, b. Blairgowrie

Edith Dick, daughter. scholar, b. Blairgowrie

Alexr McGregor, boarder, 28, Gardiner's Labourer , b. Blairgowrie

Alexr McGregor, boarder's son, 3, b. Blairgowrie

Mary McGregor, boarder's son (?), 5 months, b. Blairgowrie

Here are are large article and a picture of Private James Dick.  He was in the 8th Gordon Highlanders, and died, 15th October, of wounds received on the previous day.  He was the son of Mr. Cumming Dick, baker.  James was postman from Blairgowrie to Bridge-of-Cally for some years.

"War Causalities" 

There is a long article on Private James Dick, entitled "The Late Private James Dick, Blairgowrie".  here is part of it...

"Though private James Dick, 8th Gordon Highlanders, had left our district for some time, we still regarded him as one of our own, and the news of his death was heavy to all who knew him. He made a stalwart soldier, and performed all his duties in a true soldier's spirit.  It was his own, perhaps, excessive, modestly that led him to refuse all the offers promotion, which were made to him. As to his character and disposition, we all knew the sterling worth of the one, and the lovable nature of the other.

There is also a report of a service at Clatt Parish Church, Aberdeen.

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