WILLIAM LANG - 12942 Lance Corporal

9th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers

BORN: About 1882.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch

WIFE: Mrs. Lang, Rose Street, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 8th August 1918

INTERRED - Ypres Town Cemetery Extension, Menin Gate, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.

REF - III. G. 24.

Kirkintilloch Herald 15th August 1918

Mrs. Lang, residing at Rose Street, Townhead, has got word through the medium of her brother - in - law that her husband, Pte. Lance Corporal William Lang, Dublin Fusiliers, has been killed in action on the 7th August. He was 35 years of age, and prior to joining up was employed as a moulder in the Star Foundry. He has been in the Army since December 1914, and in France since April 1916. He leaves a widow and seven children. The writer of the news, a brother of the deceased, has been wounded, and is now lying in hospital in England. Mrs. Lang is a sister of Pte. John McIntosh, whose death in action we also chronicle today.

Note

Army records have date of death as 8th August.

JOHN LAW - 28758 Private

'B' Coy. 16th Btn.Canadian Scottish (Vancouver B.C.)

BORN: Around 1887.

NEXT OF KIN - William Law, 5 St. Peter's Place, Edinburgh, Scotland

Killed in action 18th May 1915 - France

COMMEMORATED - Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Notes

Arrived in France 9th February 1915.

Information from Nominal Roll thanks to Keith R. Wood

ANDREW RALPH LAWRIE - Lieutenant

'D' Battalion Tank Corps # - Formerly Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

BORN: About 1896.

PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs Andrew Lawrie, Dungoyne, Stirlingshire.

Killed in action 22nd August 1917 - France

COMMEMORATED - Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Panel 159 - 160.

Kirkintilloch Herald 29th August 1917

Lieutenant A. Ralph Lawrie, H. B., M.G.C., who was killed in action on the 22nd inst., in his twenty-first year, was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lawrie, Dungoyne. Educated at Lenzie Academy and the Glasgow High school, he afterwards proceeded to Glasgow University with a view to following the medical profession. Very soon thereafter the war broke out, when he immediately offered his services to his country. It was a great disappointment to him that he was several times rejected on account of his eyesight; this did not hinder him from working hard in the O.T.C., thereby fitting him for his future work in the Army. In February 1915, he was gazetted, and after undergoing training in this country he proceeded to France in August 1916, with the (Cameronians) Scottish Rifles. At Christmas he transferred to the Tanks. He had come through several big battles, was slightly wounded at Combles and Boullecourt, and fell on the 22nd inst. The following is an extract from a letter received from his commanding officer :- " I am sure it will be of some consolation to know that he died most gallantly, after performing what he was ordered to do. He was instantaneously killed by a shell burst inside his Tank. His Sergeant was also killed, and three of his crew wounded. His loss to me is a great one. Her was the best of my eight gallant boys who did so well for me at Boullecourt. His experience was invaluable to me, and I shall find it very hard to replace him. It was a particularly difficult operation he had to perform, and I chose him because I knew he would not fail. Had he come through, I was promoting him to his captaincy, to take command of one of my sections. He was always cheery and bright, and was a great favourite with both officers and men. "

# C.W.G.C. Records.

ALEXANDER LEITCH - 325686 Private

1\6th Battalion A.&.S.H.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 1st October 1918

COMMEMORATED - Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 10.

NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE

HENRY LENNEN - 2915 Private

1\9th Battalion A.&.S.H.

BORN: About 1897.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

PARENTS: Mr. Henry and Mrs. Margaret Lennen, 50 Eastside, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 24th May 1915

COMMEMORATED - Ypres (Menin Gate ) Memorial, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Panel 42 and 44

Kirkintilloch Herald 23rd June 1915

Private Henry Lennen,2\9th A.&.S.H., whose parents reside at 4 Donaldson Street, is another Kirkintilloch man who is regarded as missing. No word has been heard from him for six weeks, and all efforts to trace him through the American Embassy among the prisoners in Germany have failed. Private James Findlay, of 'B' Company, 9th A.&.S.H., writing to his mother, expresses the fear that Lennen has fallen, as he has not seen him since the beginning of May.

WILLIAM LESLIE

Cameron Highlanders

Kirkintilloch Herald 16th June 1915

There appears to be some mystery about the reported death of Mr. Wm. Leslie, formerly an attendant at Woodilee Asylum. Leslie was in the Camerons, and early in the war was reported as wounded and lying in hospital at Aberdeen. Since then his friends at Woodilee have received no word from him, and it is thought he must either be a prisoner in Germany or dead.

NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE

WILLIAM ALEXANDER LETFORD - 219911 Private

72 Btn. Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Formerly 80th Btn.(Barriefield, Eastern Ontario.)

BORN: Around 1899

ADOPTED SON: Of Ellen Wright, Frankville, Ontario, Canada.

Killed in action May 1st 1917 - France

INTERRED - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - III. E. 14.

Kirkintilloch Herald 5th September 1915

Word has come to hand that Private William Letford, Canadians, has been killed in action in France. A son of the late Mr. Wm. Letford, he was formerly employed with Messrs. Fletcher, builders, Kirkintilloch. The deceased soldier, after some preliminary training in Quarrier's Homes, eleven years ago left for the land of the Maple Leaf, where he was engaged in farming work. He had been two years in France, and leaves a widow and one child in Canada. He has two brothers in the Army.

Notes

Aged 18 years at death

Arrived France 13th August 1916

Wounded 15th September 1916

Returned to France 13th October 1916

Information thanks to Keith R. Wood

WILLIAM SHARP LINDSAY - 782326 Private

2nd Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regiment)

Formerly 128 Btn.( Moose Jaw, Sask.)

BORN: About 1887.

FATHER: Mr David Wylie Lindsay and Mrs. Mary Sharp Lindsay, Kenilworth, Lenzie.

Killed in action April 10th 1917 - Vimy Ridge, France.

INTERRED - LaChaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - VI. E. 17.

Kirkintilloch Herald 25th April 1917

Mr. D.W. Lindsay, Kenilworth, Lenzie, has received word that his son Pte. Wm. Sharp Lindsay, Canadian Mounted Rifles, has been killed in action. Pte. Lindsay emigrated to Canada about 10 years ago, and was in Moosegan when he joined the 2nd Canadian Contingent in September last. He went to France in November, and entered the trenches for the first time on Christmas Eve. At the time of his death he was attached to the Medical Section of his Coy., and had just bandaged a wounded soldier when he was shot. He was 30 years of age.

Note

Information thanks to Keith R. Wood.

JOHN LOCHHEAD - S/27176 Private

7th Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

BORN: About 1896.

MOTHER: Mr John and Mrs. Lochhead, 107 Townhead, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 23rd April 1917 - France

COMMEMORATED - Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9.

Kirkintilloch Herald 30th May 1917

Pte. John Lochhead, Cameron Highlanders, son of Mrs. Lochhead, residing at 107 Townhead, is reported missing, and some of his belongings have been sent home. He was home on furlough from France a couple of Months ago. He was 20 years of age, and before joining up was engaged as a grocer with the Co-operative Society.

DENIS LYONS - S\2911 Private

8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Kilsyth.

Killed in action 25th September 1915

INTERRED - Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - V. G. 6.

NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE

ROSS DUNCAN MACINTYRE - 32327 Private

6th Kings Own Scottish Borderers

BORN: About 1898

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Glasgow.

PARENTS: Mrs. Macintyre, Athole Gardens, Kelvinside, Glasgow, and the late Mr. John Macintyre, Aerated Water Manufacturer, Kirkintilloch .

Killed in action 13th October 1917 - France

INTERRED - Dochy Farm New British Cemetery Extension, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

REF - V. B. 19.

Kirkintilloch Herald 7th November 1917

Mrs. Macintyre, residing at Athole Gardens, Kelvinside, Glasgow, has received word that her youngest son, Private Ross Macintyre, K.O.S.B., was killed in France on 13th October. Private Macintyre was a Kirkintilloch lad, son of the late Mr. John Macintyre, aerated water manufacturer, here, and resided at Muirhead Street, and subsequently in Lenzie. On being called up he was sent to the training battalion at Kinross, in February of last year. Thereafter he was attached to the Scottish Rifles, and quartered at North Walsham, in Norfolk. About seven weeks ago he went across to France in a draft of the K.O.S.B., together with his companion, Private George Hardie, who was wounded in the same engagement in which he was killed, after having been only two days in the trenches. He was nineteen years of age, and prior to enlisting was employed in a chartered accountant's office in Glasgow. His two remaining brothers are both in the Army. "Buntie," as he was known to his intimates, was of a bright, sunny disposition, most likeable, and a lad of considerable promise. Much sympathy is felt for his widowed mother, sister, and brothers.

Note

Formerly 17190 79th Territorial Reserves.

JOHN MACKENZIE - S\9464 Private

1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders

BORN: About 1894.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Glasgow.

PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Mackenzie, Alexandra Street, Kirkintilloch.

Died of Enteric Fever - Cumballa Hospital Bombay, 3rd August 1916

Kirkintilloch Herald 16th August 1916

Mr. Alex. Mackenzie, clothier, Kirkintilloch, received official intimation on Friday, that his eldest son , Private John Mackenzie,1st Seaforth Highlanders, had died of enteric fever in Cumballa Hospital Bombay. Private Mackenzie joined the Seaforths on 2nd August, 1915, and after training in the North, proceeded to Mesopotamia in April last, having a few days' furlough before leaving. He occupied the rank of signaller, and also qualified well up in musketry. Fully a fortnight ago word was received that he was dangerously ill from heat stroke, but later news was more reassuring. He was taken to India, and there the fever developed which carried him off. He was twenty-two years of age. A younger brother, William, is on service as a driver in the Royal Engineers, and is at present in Essex. John Mackenzie was well and favourably known in Kirkintilloch. He worked for some time with his father, and at the time of his enlistment was enlarging his experience with Messrs. J. & J. Borland Bros., the well known city tailors of West George Street. In virtue of being the son of a Mason, he joined the "Athole" Lodge at the age of eighteen, and for two years filled the office of secretary. He was also for a year or two secretary of the guild of St. David's Parish Church, and had been connected with the Y.M.C.A. since his boyhood. He took early to golf, in which he attained such a proficiency that he was reckoned to be the leading player of the Kirkintilloch Club, and stood plus 2 on the handicap list. With his father he took part frequently in national competitions. His manner was exceptionally open and frank, and formed for him a large circle of friends, who now learn of his death with deep regret. Much sympathy is felt for his father and mother in their bereavement.

Kirkintilloch Herald 7th August 1918

MACKENZIE - In loving memory of Signaller John MacKenzie,1st Seaforth Highlanders,

who died in Bombay, on 3rd August, 1916, aged 22 years, beloved eldest son of

Mr. and Mrs. Alex. MacKenzie, Alexandra Street, Kirkintilloch.

Lord, he was Thine; he was not mine;

Thou didst only take Thine own.

I thank Thee for the precious loan

Afforded me so long.

Ever fondly remembered by his Father and Mother, Sisters and Brothers.

JOHN MACPHERSON - Gunner

Royal Garrison Artillery

BORN: About 1894.

Died in hospital February 1919 - Douay, France

Kirkintilloch Herald February 19th 1919

On Monday, Mrs. Shanks, Strathyre, wife of Bailie Shanks, Kirkintilloch, received word that her son, Gunner John Macpherson R.G.A., had died in a hospital at Douay France as a result of brain fever, from which he had been suffering since Christmas week.Gunner Macpherson, who was 24 years of age, was among the first dozen of Kirkintilloch men to enlist in 1914. He had been through most of the fighting in France, and on one occasion was wounded in the side. He was home on furlough in November last,and returned to France after the Armistice was signed. He had not been long back when he was seized with the illness that resulted in his death. Prior to enlisting, Gunner Macpherson was a joiner with Mr. Robert Somerville.

Kirkintilloch Herald 26th February 1919

In the Baptist Church on Sunday forenoon, reference was made by Pastor Ramsey to the loss sustained by Bailie and Mrs. Shanks, in the death of their son, Gunner John Macpherson, R.G.A. Words weaker that grief, he said, made grief more, and the sorrow which lay on his parents that day might well make any man shrink from attempting either to express or to comfort it. It was no part of his purpose to dwell on the beautiful character of their departed friend. They who had had his quiet presence and gracious influence for so many years needed no one to tell them what he was. He went in and out among them, wearing the white flower of a blameless life, and the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. Now he was absent from the body, and present with the Lord. To the mourner, in the first anguish of his sorrow, it was hard to offer any kind of counsel that would not sound callous and impertinent. They thought they would never smile again, nor eat their bread with gladness, nor go about their daily tasks with interest. But these acts must be accomplished. Those who had left them, those whose one desire while they lived was to make them happy, would still wish them to be happy. Those whose delicate sweetness once filled their lives with heavenly perfume would not desire that they should dwell amid the acrid odours of the tomb. The finest tribute to the dead was not to break their hearts for them, but to use their heart's strength in better living, that when they met again they might approve them. Lightly to forget the dead was to dishonour them. but to make life sterile was a similar dishonour. Let them never banish the loved dead from the chamber of memory. Let them think and act as though they were with them still, as they always knew them. In conclusion, the preacher said - Is it not a gracious thing that the witness of the risen Lord is first of all given to the weeping woman, bending near a grave?. How much we need it, it is a dark lane, and the cold wind that sweeps across it blows out every earthly light. I am grateful for the gift of memory, and the gracious ministry of retrospect. To be able to sit in the twilight, before all the lamps are lit, and just think about Him, and about her, is to exercise a kindly gift of God. To live it all over again in memory, from the wooing days to the ministry of the last sickness, and the sacred fellowship of the declining day. It is very good of God to permit so to recall it all, to canonise our loved ones in the soft transfiguring light of retrospect. But retrospect may be imprisoning; memory may paralyse me by vain regrets. If in the pensive twilight, while I recall my yesterdays, I hear the risen Lord call my name, the call awakes the thought of a wondrous tomorrow. When He calls my name, He calls my loved ones too, and the retrospect is transmitted into a glorious hope. My evening time is no longer a mere lingering over a sunset, but an eager watching for the dawn. My Good-bye is softened into Good-night, and I await the tomorrow of a brighter and more spacious day.

JAMES MALSEED # - 18062 Private

1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers

P.O.B: Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

WIFE: Mrs. Malseed, Broadcroft, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 4th June 1915 - Gallipoli

COMMEMORATED - Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 190 to 196

Kirkintilloch Herald 14th July 1915

Mrs. Malseed, residing in Broadcroft, has received official intimation that her husband, Private James Malseed, of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, has been missing as from 4th June. Private Malseed before the war broke out was employed in the Nickel Works, and enlisted on 21st December, and left England for the Dardanelles on 17th May. He had never been home from the time of his enlistment, and been through the most of the fighting against the Turks on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Note

#Army and C.W.G.C. records have surname Maltseed.

ANDREW MANN - 2133 Private

2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

BORN: About 1886.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

WIFE: Mrs. Barbara Barr Mann, 23 Freeland Place, Kirkintilloch

Killed in action 21st August 1915 - Gallipoli

COMMEMORATED - Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 185 to 190.

Kirkintilloch Herald 6th October 1915

Last week Mrs. Mann, residing at 23 Freeland Place, received intimation from the War Office that her husband, Private Andrew Mann of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, has been posted missing since 21st August.

Kirkintilloch Herald 7th June 1916

ANOTHER FREELAND PLACE SOLDIER KILLED

Mrs. Mann, Freeland Place, Kirkintilloch, has now received official confirmation of the death of her husband, Private Andrew Mann, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. Some considerable time ago she learned, through a wounded soldier in hospital at Mudre, that he had ben shot in an engagement at Gallipoli, and inquiry made through the Red Cross Society elicited the fact that he had been put on the casualty list as having been killed on 21st August last.

Note

Army records give battalion as 2nd.

ROBERT MARSHALL - Signaller

Royal Scots.

NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE

ROBERT AITKEN MARSHALL - S\ 17793 Private

11th Battalion A.&.S. H.

BORN: About 1898.

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Stirling.

PARENTS: Mr. John and Mrs. Annie Aitken Marshall, 19 Freeland Place, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 23rd April 1917 - France

INTERRED - Canadian Cemetery No. 2., Nueville-St. Vaast, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - 20 A. 12.

Kirkintilloch Herald 30th May 1917

Mrs. Aitken Marshall residing at 19 Freeland Place, received word in the beginning of last week that her son, Private Robert Aitken Marshall, A.&.S.H., had been killed. The news came first through another soldier's letter, but on Thursday Mrs. Marshall received official confirmation, her son having been killed on 23rd April. To many people the deceased soldier was known best by the name of Aitken. He enlisted six months ago, and had ben two months in France. He was nineteen years of age, and at home was employed as a van-man with the Vindanda Laundry Company, in which capacity he was well known, not only in this community, but in Bearsden and Milngavie, Stepps and Chryston, Kilsyth and other places. Of a quiet, unassuming nature, he early identified himself with religious work in the town, and was greatly liked by all who knew him.

WILLIAM MARSHALL - S\40642 Private

10th Battalion A.&.S.H.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

MOTHER: Mrs J. Marshall, Townhall, Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire.

Killed in action 9th April 1918

INTERRED - Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France,

REF - I. A. 17.

NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE

WILLIAM MARSHALL - S|10402 Private

1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 28th September1915 - France

INTERRED - Ninth Avenue cemetery, Haisnes, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - SP. Mem. 9.

Kirkintilloch Herald 6th October 1915

Word was received yesterday by Mrs. McPhee, Townhead, that Private William Marshall, Cameron Highlanders, who lodged with her, has been killed in France, having been shot through the head by a German sniper. The word comes in a letter from his comrade, a Kilsyth man, who was with him since he re-joined his regiment. Marshall took part in the advance last week, and it was the day after the great charge that he met his death. Marshall, who was a miner, was wounded at the Ypres almost a year ago, when some shrapnel lodged in his jaw and arm. He was home for several months, and had the shrapnel extracted from his jaw, but his arm was not quite free from it when he re-joined his regiment at Invergordon some seven months ago. He had previous experience in the army. He leaves four young children to mourn his loss.

RANKIN MARTIN MM. - 2nd Lieutenant (Temp)

178th Coy. Royal Engineers

BORN: About 1887.

WIFE: Mrs. Mary Drummond Blakely Martin, 6 Radnor Street, Kelvingrove, Glasgow.

PARENTS: Mr. Robert and Mrs. Isabella McMillan Martin, Kinnoull, Lenzie. (later of Ormiston East Lothian.

Died from injuries 12th July 1918 - France.

INTERRED - Abigney Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - V. B. 3.

Kirkintilloch Herald 17th July 1918

DEATH ON SERVICE

MARTIN.- On 12th July, from injuries in France, Second-Lieutenant Rankin Martin, R.E., aged 31 years, beloved husband of Mary Drummond Blakely, 6 Radnor Street, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, and fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Kinnoull, Lenzie, late of Niddrie and Chapel Collieries.

News reached Mr. Robert Martin, retired colliery manager, Kinnoull, Lenzie, on Friday, that his son, Second Lieutenant Rankin Martin, R.E. (31 years of age), was dangerously ill with concussion of the brain, as the result of an accident, and a subsequent telegram states that he succumbed on the 12th. While Quartermaster-Sergeant of the Machine Gun section of the 22nd Royal Fusiliers he received the Military Medal in November of 1916, and was home on furlough about that time. Martin was an engineer in the employment of the Nigerian Government, prospecting for coal, when war broke out. He was home on leave immediately thereafter, enlisted within a month of the outbreak, and his promotion in the Army has been steady. He took part in the battle of Loos, and in much of the heavy fighting since. Almost a year ago he married Mary Drummond, only daughter of J. Blakely, Esq., Radnor Street, Kelvingrove, Glasgow. He was expecting to be home to see his wife and infant son a week ago, but leave was deferred. The sad news of his death is made more bitter by the fact that he had written that he might be expected on Monday. Lieutenant martin was one of three brothers in the army. Sapper Wm. Martin, 12th Signal Company, R.E., was an engineer with the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, while another brother, Private Gilchrist Martin, is with the Highland Light Infantry Brigade. Sapper Wm. Martin so distinguished himself in the field that he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Card in March last. It may be recollected that in August 1917, the West Sussex Gazette, through some mistake, published news of Q.M.S. Rankin Martin's death at the time, and had the following obituary notice, which gives an indication of the popularity of Q.M.S. Martin in his battalion. "News has been received of the death in action of Q.M.S. Rankin Martin, Machine Gun Corps, better known as 'Scottie' or 'Jock,' and one of the most popular members of that gallant Fusilier battalion stationed during the early part of the war at Roffey Camp. A general favourite in his company ("B"), 'Scottie' had a host of friends in the town, and was in great request at all social functions. As a captain of the football team he led the team to victory more than once, playing a brilliant game of his own, and under his leadership the Fusiliers won the 'Hospital Cup,' a coveted trophy, and won it more than once, the final victory over Horsham Town being gained when 'Scottie' brought his team all the way up from Tidworth just before their departure to France. Probably many will keep an affectionate memory of his lithe, well-knit figure, bare arms loosely swinging, and nimble feet toying with the ball, while all around him in the opposing team were trying to regain possession, 'Scottie' would smile his genial smile, and, cool as a cucumber, keep them in restless suspense until, when the time seemed good to him, a skilful movement would send the ball flying through them to where some trusty accomplice was waiting to pounce on it. And then would follow a triumphal procession back to the town, 'Scottie' bearing the trophy exultantly aloft, and in his soft, husky Scottish brogue, and with a mischievous gleam in his eye, proclaiming the good use of the cup was to be to at the nearest available hostelry. A good soldier and a good friend, and who could want more in a man? His candid eyes and kindly, humorous smile were enough to inspire confidence at first glance. On the outbreak of war he was receiving a large salary as a mining engineer in Central Africa, but like so many more of that famous battalion, he very cheerfully abandoned his 'cushy' job and came back to England by the first boat that sailed, eager to tumble into the fray, and making no bones about his considerable self-sacrifice. The world is immeasurably poorer for the loss of such gallant souls as this."

DONALD MATHIESON - 151535 Sapper

251st Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers - Formerly 12508 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry

P.O.B: Campsie, Stirlingshire.

ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch.

WIFE: Mrs. Donald Mathieson, High Street, Kirkintilloch.

Killed in action 25th June 1916 - France

INTERRED - Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

REF - G10.

Kirkintilloch Herald 5th July 1916

Mrs. Donald Mathieson, High Street, Kirkintilloch, received word on Thursday morning that her husband, Lce.-Cpl. Donald Mathieson, 2nd H.L.I., has been killed in France. The letter is from one of his section officers, who states that he was killed on the night of the 25th June, whilst doing his duty in the trenches. The writer proceeds:- "I cannot speak too highly of his conduct during the time he has been in the Company. He was a man who never shirked his work, which he always carried out willingly and cheerfully, and he could always be depended upon to do his very best. I cannot say how deeply his loss is felt, as he was a typical example of a true British soldier. He died in the service of his King and country. We did our best for him. The doctor came on the scene at once, but unfortunately he did not regain consciousness, and he passed away in the hospital early on Monday morning. I am glad to say that he did not appear to be in pain. He was buried in our cemetery, and a cross is being placed over his grave.- I am Yours truly, D.J. Evans, Lt. R.E., No. 1 Section." Proceeding to France with the H.L.I. shortly after the outbreak of war, Mathieson was transferred to the Royal Engineers and employed as a sapper. Last year he was seriously wounded, when a bullet penetrated his chest, and came out at his side. It was feared that the wound would be mortal, but he made a good recovery. He had been twice home on leave. He had a younger brother in the 9th A.&.S.H. who distinguished himself with great bravery in helping to rescue Major Christie when that officer was seriously wounded, and was subsequently presented with a watch by that officer. Lance-Corporal Mathieson was a miner to trade, and leaves a widow and five young children

ROBERT McBURNIE - S\8744 Private

8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders

P.O.B: Kirkintilloch.

ENLISTED: Workington, Cumberland, England.

Killed in action 15th October 1916

COMMEMORATED - Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 15c.

NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE

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