Private William Black, 155th Company, Machine Gun Corps. He was killed in action in Palestine, aged 21, on the 19th April 1917 during the second battle of Gaza. He had joined the 1st/4th ( Border ) Battalion, Kings own Scottish Borderers in Egypt but was transferred to the Brigade’s Company of the M.G.C. He had been born in Coldingham and was the son of John and Christina Black of Duns Mill, Gavinton. He is buried in Gaza War cemetery, Israel.
Private William Black
- First World War
