Name:- Smith, John
Nationality:- UK
Age :- 34
Rank:- Private
Number:- 7655
Medal:-
Service:- Army
Regiment / ship:- 2nd Bn.,Black Watch (Royal Highlands)
Date of death:- 10th May, 1915
Cemetery / Memorial :- Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Area of cemetery / memorial :- Panel 38 to 40
Family information:- Son of John and Mary Gow Smith. Brother of Daniel Gow Smith
Extra information:-
1891 Census (I think this is them)
43, Milnbank Road, Liff & Benvie, Dundee
John Smith, head, 32, jute mechanic, b. Dundee
Mary Smith, wife, 31, b. Dundee
John Smith, son, 9, scholar, b. Dundee
Isabella Munro Smith, daughter, 8, scholar, b. Dundee
Margaret Cook Smith, daughter, 6, scholar, b. Dundee
Elizabeth Smith, daughter, 1, b. Dundee
1901 Census
37, Stirling Street, Dundee, Forfarshire
John Smith, head, 42, machine fitter, b. Dundee
Mary Smith, wife, 41, b. Dundee
Isabella Smith, daughter, 18, jute spinner, b. Dundee
Lizzie Smith, daughter, 11, b. Dundee
Daniel Smith, son, 4, b. Dundee
Mary Smith, daughter, 1, b. Dundee
George Stratton, boarder, 18, jute preparer, b. Dundee
There is a report in the Blairgowrie Advertiser 16th January 1915 page 5. It is headed "Mystery as to Rattray Soldier's Fate". It give John Smith's address as Westfields, Rattray. It names his father as Mr. John Smith, a small shop keeper at Westfields Terrace, Rattray. It also reports that the family came from Dundee. On Blairgowrie War Memorial in the Wellmeadow.