John Kerr

Signaller John Kerr, Royal Field Artillery, was the son of David Kerr,9 Fergus Square, Arbroath.

He was nineteen years of age and, previous to enlistment, had been serving his apprenticeship as an engineer with Messrs Alexander Shanks & Son,Ltd. In October 1914 he joined the army as a gunner in the Forfarshire Battery of the R.F.A.

He was serving at the front for over a year, and was acting as a signaller at the time of his death. During the advance on the Somme, on the 10th of August 1916, he was struck by a piece of shrapnel while in the trenches, and died at Dernancourt the following day.