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James Perry Dewar


CWGC:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Battalion

No: 41722

Date of Death: 2nd September 1918

Age: 19

Commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial

Additional Information: Son of Charles & Margaret Dewar, 20 James Street, Greenhead, Glasgow.


SNWM:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Battalion

No: 41722

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Date of Death: 2nd September 1918

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


SDGW:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Battalion

No: 41722

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Place of Residence: Bridgeton

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 2nd September 1918

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


MIC:

John P. Dewar, Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers, No. 41722

Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals


Soldiers’ Effects:

James Percy Dewar, Private, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, No. 41722. Killed in Action in France, 2nd September 1918.

Father Charles.


Glasgow Herald, 12th September 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’.

Dewar. Killed in action on 2nd September 1918, Private James Perry Dewar, Royal Scots Fusiliers, aged 19 years, only surviving son of Charles & Maggie Dewar, 20 James Street, Greenhead, Glasgow.


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Private James P. Dewar, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 20 James Street, Greenhead


1901 Census, Living at 15 Brown Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow

Father Charles Dewar. age 37, Foreman Cutter, born Glasgow

Mother Margaret Dewar, age 42, born Fenwick, Ayrshire

Children: Charles Dewar, age 18, Scholar, born Glasgow

Jeanie S. Dewar, age 9, Scholar, born Glasgow

Roberta P. Dewar, age 5, Scholar, born Glasgow

James P. Dewar, age 1, born Glasgow