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James Ogilvie-Grant

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    • Earl AWMM
    • Chief of Clan Grant , Earl of Seafield Public - IanPat - Other Relative - 26 April 2015 - Clan Grant history
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Ogilvie-Grant AWMM
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 April 1876 Public Source Oamaru, Otago Public Source
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW1 Gentleman/Civilian Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    12 November 1915 AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    Wounded while making his rounds , as CO , of the trenches . A bullet passed through a sergeant's arm and struck him in the temple. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 11th Earl of Seafield. Chief of the Clan Grant. Son of Francis William Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield, and Anne Trevor Corry Evans; husband of Mary Elizabeth Nina, Countess of Seafield, of Cullen House, Banffshire (Source: CWGC Online). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 November 1915 Public Source
    Age 39 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium Public Source
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  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. A. 4. AWMM
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26 April 2015IanPat Christchurch , New Zealand Other Relative

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