5th (Angus & Dundee) Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). Also, 4th/5th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders).
Territorial Force Battalion. On 15-03-1916, the 1st/4th & 1st/5th Battalions merged to form the 4th/5th Battalion.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 812 recorded WW1 deaths for the 5th (Angus & Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). This figure includes the records for the 1st/5th, 2nd/5th, 3rd5th & 4th/5th (Angus & Dundee) Battalions.
TAYLOR, (MM.MiD). James Milne. Corporal, 1941. 5th (Angus & Dundee) Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. 30-07-1916. Age 21. Son of Thomas & Ellen Taylor of 2, Hillbank Road, Dundee, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus Safe On His Gentle Breast".
Military Medal.
Mentioned in Dispatches.
THORNTON, R. Private, 2750. 5th (Angus & Dundee) Battalion, The Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France. 07-09-1916. Age 18.
4th/5th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders).
TAYLOR, Alexander Small. Private, 201084. 4th/5th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 14-05-1917. Age 29. Son of John & Margaret Taylor of 69, Crescent Street, Dundee, UK.
WATT, R.L.B. Private, 3619. 4th/5th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 26-12-1916. Age 24. Son of Mr. & Mrs. William Watt of Bernard Street, Dundee, UK.
Stone Inscription :- "No Morning Dawns No Night Returns But What We Think Of Thee".