Places > Roll of honour, Arbroath and district, 1914-1919

CAPT. BLACK, M.C., SUFFOLKS.
PTE. J. BRAND, ROYAL SCOTS.
Captain David Smith Black,
M.O., 7th Suffolk Regiment, twenty-
nine years of age, was the son of
David Black and of his wife Alexina
Smith, 127 Greenheads Street, Glas-
gow, and grandson of George Smith,
Brechin Road, Arbroath. He was
in the Civil Service when he enlisted
in October 1914 in the 17th H.L.J.
Later he was transferred, being
gazetted second-lieutenant in March
1917. In August he gained the Mili-
tary Cross and his captaincy. The
' ' Gazette ' ' notice was : — ' ' For con-
spicuous gallantry and devotion to
duty during a raid on the enemy's
position. Finding that the first
objective required but little mop-
ping up, he led the second wave to
the second objective, where many
of the enemy were killed and
wounded. He then withdrew his
company in good order, after taking
a number of prisoners, and, having
re-organised them under heavy shell
fire, took over a portion of the front
line. Throughout he displayed great
pluck and initiative." Captain
Black was killed in action at Albert
on the 27th of March 1918.
Private Joseph Brand, Royal
Scots, 77 Lochland Street, Arbroath,
was the son of Joseph Brand and of
his wife, Jane Johnstone, 68 Howard
Street. He married Margaret Ann
Steven, and left one daughter. He
was thirty-three years of age, and
was a baker with the Equitable Co-
operative Society. He was a well-
known figure on the bowling greens,
being champion of the Abbey green
in 1911, and winner of the Captain
Smith Cup in 1915. He attested
under the Derby scheme, and joined
the army in November 1916. He
served in the Army Service Corps for
a year as a baker, being afterwards
transferred. After training in Edin-
burgh, he left for the western front
in January 1918, and fell fighting
during the retreat on the 26th of
March. He was buried in the mili-
tary cemetery at Wailly.
PTE. JOHN RAMSAY. GORDONS.
Private John Ramsay, Gordon
Highlanders, Lindsay Street, who
was a reedmaker in Arbroath, was
killed in action in 1918.
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