Private George Dunn

Private George Hay Dunn, 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in Belgium, aged 28, on 11th April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive on the River Lys defending the Battalion trenches against German attacks. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Flanders, Belgium. He had been born in Coldingham and was the son of William and Annie Dunn of Braeheads, Reston and the husband of Margaret Dunn of Springburn, Glasgow. Before enlisting he had been employed in Glasgow as a tram car conductor. His brother Joseph also died – see below. The photographs show Allied troops in rather makeshift defences preparing to resist the advancing Germans.