Detail victim

Name OGILVIE-GRANT
Initials J
First name JAMES alias Earl of Seafield
Place of birth Oamaru
Country New Zealand
Family 11th Earl of Seafield. Chief of the Clan Grant. Son of Francis William Ogilvie-Grant, 10th Earl of Seafield, and Anne Trevor Corry Evans
Education Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand
Profession Earl of Seafield
Extra info Husband of Mary Elizabeth Nina, Countess of Seafield, of Cullen House, Banffshire; one daughter

Rank Captain
Regiment and unit 5th Bn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Division - Brigade 26th Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 9th Division
National force B.E.F.
Attached or transferred from 3rd (reserve) - Bn. - Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Other data related to military career Served in the Bedfordshire Militia and in the Special Reserve of that Regiment; Captain in Lochiel's Bn. (5th Cam.Highlanders) at the outbreak of the war; was with the reserves at Loos; took part in het Hohenzollern Redoubt charge and helped to reorganise the Bn. after the battle.

Wounded While making his rounds in some trenches, as CO; a bullet passed through a sergeant's arm and striked him in the temple
Type of wounds Died of wounds
Date of death 12 November 1915
Died at the age of 39
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery II - A - 4