Currie, Gilbert
Thanks to Margaret for supplying the photo of the Currie brothers Gilbert Heron Currie, 2nd Lieutenant in the 10th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was killed on 12th October 1916 within a few yards of Second Lieutenant William Buchan of the 7th Seaforth Highlanders. William’s home was Mindffordd, 34 Roman Road, Bearsden, and Gilbert’s was Lochiel,…
Read MoreFowler, William
Photo credit William Fowler was born on 25th November 1886, very probably in what was then one of the busiest dockland areas in the world, the east end of London. His father was also William, a labourer, and his mother was called Mary Ann. He was baptised on 17th January 1887 at St Barnabas Church,…
Read MoreGrant, Duncan
Duncan Brown Grant was one of Bearsden’s three casualties on the first day of The Somme, 1st July 1916. He joined the army when war broke out and joined the 10th Gordon Highlanders as a private, before being promoted to Corporal. The battalion landed in France after training on 9 July 1915. Duncan transferred to…
Read MoreForsyth, William
William Forsyth was born on 2nd August 1888 at Stewart Place, Bearsden – unfortunately the birth record does not record a property number. This map is from 1896 but shows Stewart Place is now called New Kirk Road: His father, also William, was a bank clerk and he had married Jessie Stronach in 1885. By…
Read MoreCarpenter, John Neilson
John Neilson Carpenter was born in 1894 on 10th November at 7 Kelvinside Terrace West. This is located just north of the Kelvin above The Sixty Six Steps: The view above is from the north-west, the Kelvin runs through the middle from bottom to top, modern Queen Margaret Drive running across the middle from left…
Read MoreRussell, Arthur
Arthur Russell was born on 29th April 1893 at Loch Brae, Bearsden. His father, Charles, was an iron merchant – I believe this means he bought iron from manufacturers and sold it on at a profit. He married Jeanie Young Macpherson in Middlesborough in 1878 (at the time this was in North Yorkshire). They had…
Read MoreRoss, James Andrew
Photo credit to Ross and Cromarty Heritage (link) James Andrew Ross was born on 9th July 1882 at the Schoolhouse in Wemyss, Fife. This is not as specific as it could be, there being East Wemyss, West Wemyss and Coaltown of Wemyss, but checking the 1881 Census somebody has helpfully written across the page listing…
Read MoreReid brothers – Robert and David
Robert Reid was born on 13th November 1888, the son of William Reid and Jeannie Hoog, who had married two years earlier. This took place at Canal Street, Grangemouth, an address that barely exists today but was once at the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal: That his parents were here was due…
Read MoreKennedy, William Alexander
William Alexander Kennedy was born in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada around 1897 to 1898. His parents were Scots who had emigrated to start a family. His father, Thomas Clark Kennedy (1855-1939), was from Kirkcowan near Wigtown, and worked in wholesale grocery. William’s grandfather was a farmer in Kirkcowan (Kildanoch Farm of 1000 acres) and while…
Read MoreDouglas, John
I started this search knowing John Douglas was among the First World War names on the memorial. The CWGC website found 15 men of the same name but either they seemed linked to other places (Rutherglen, Hawick, Aberdeen) or no further info was provided. Fortunately, Scottish Military Research Group have transcribed war memorials in Scotland…
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