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D.S. Black
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| Age at death: |
28 |
| Born: |
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| Full name: |
David Smith Black |
Service, Regiment,
Corps, etc: |
Suffolk Regiment |
| Unit, ship, etc: |
3rd attached 7th Battalion |
| Enlisted: |
October 1914 |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Decorations: |
MC |
| War (and theatre): |
WW1(F&F) |
| Date of death: |
27 March 1918 |
| Manner of death: |
KIA |
| Family details: |
Son of Mr & Mrs David Black, 167 Greenhead Street, Glasgow. Brother of Mary, William A and George A Black. |
| Residence: |
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| Home department: |
Board of Trade - Labour Department (Scotland Division) |
| Civilian rank: |
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Cemetery or
memorial: |
Pozieres Memorial |
Additional information and photographs
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Memorial inscription to D S Black on the
Pozieres Memorial
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David Black enlisted in October 1914 as Private in the 19th (Reserve) Battalion Highland Light Infantry and was commissioned
into the Suffolk Regiment in February 1917. The award of his Military Cross appeared in the London Gazette Volume III, 1917.
(D S Black, Army Service Record, PRO, WO 339/74630).
He is commemorated on the Memorial to Staff of the Ministry of
Labour, now hanging in Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1.
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