HANNAY, David
Personal Details
Attribute | Details |
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Nationality | British |
Date of Birth | 1882 |
Place of Birth | Edinburgh, Midlothian , Scotland |
Veterinary College and Date of Graduation | Edinburgh - May 1909 |
Military Service
Attribute | Details |
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Last Rank | Captain |
Regiment/Service | Army Veterinary Corps |
Secondary Regiment | Royal Horse Artillery |
Secondary Unit | 7th Brigade |
First Theatre of War | France September 1914 |
Casualty Details
Attribute | Details |
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Date of Death | 19 January 1918 |
Age at Death | 36 |
Place of Death | Rouen, France |
Cause of Death | Self Inflicted wounds |
Cemetery
Attribute | Details |
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Cemetery | St.Sever Cemetery |
Location | Rounen, France |
Grave Reference | Officers B.5.14 |
Commonwealth War Grave | Yes - CWGC Headstone |
Emblem or Badge on Headstone | Army Veterinary Corps |
Honours and Memorials
Attribute | Details |
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Name on RCVS Honour Board | Yes |
Name In Officers who died in Great War | Yes |
Medals and Awards |
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Biography
Captain David Hannay MRCVS was the son of William and Isabelle Hannay of Portobello, Edinburgh.
He entered the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College in October 1904 and qualified MRCVS in May 1909. After qualifying he worked as an assistant to John Hutton MRCVS at Pringlebank in Kelso, Roxburghshire, and bought the practice in February 1910 on the latter’s death.
He was commissioned as a temporary Lieutenant in the Army Veterinary Corps in September 1914 and embarked for France in the same month. He served with 7th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, through the early war campaigns and was awarded the 1914 Star with Bar. He was promoted to temporary Captain in September 1915.
He died, aged 36, at No. 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, on 17th January 1918. His entry in the Army Register of Effects gives the cause of his death as “Self-inflicted wounds”.
He is buried in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
Captain Hannay’s death was reported in the Veterinary Record on 9 February 1918.