Reid 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 MoreDishington, William
William Dishington was born on 3rd July 1888 at 27 Lacrosse Terrace in Partick. The flat overlooks the Kelvin, Great Western Road cutting across the bottom-left of the view. His father was also named William (1855-1930) and his mother was Margaret Millar, or Maggie according to the 1891 Census (1860-1939). William was the first of…
Read MoreMunro Brothers – Thomas, William and Robert
On Sunday 2nd April 1911, the decennial UK Census recorded the Munros at their home in a flat at 23 Douglas Place (now renumbered as 3, 5, 7 and 9 Douglas Place): Here is the Census record: Parents Robert and Mary, and six of their children, lived in three rooms; the absentee was their second…
Read MoreMcDonald, Harold Stewart
Of all the First World War names on the Bearsden War Memorial, Harold Stewart McDonald was the youngest on the day war was declared, being just a few months past his 15th birthday. He was born on 10th May 1899 at a villa called Glencoe on Thorn Road, possibly number 31. His father, William, had…
Read MoreMcNichol, James Percival
James Percival McNicol was born on 28th September 1897 at Huntly on Thorn Road in Bearsden. He was known as Percy but I have called him James in this post. The villa called Huntly is now number 8 Thorn Road. His parents were James McNicol and Annie Isabella Dick (known as Annabella). He had two…
Read MoreRoss, Malcolm
The search starts with just a name, “Malcolm Ross”. The war memorial also lists then men who died the First World War and the Second World War separately so we know he died in the former. The librarians in East Dunbartonshire have listed all the men wounded or killed in this war in the pages…
Read MoreYoung, John
John Stevenson Young was born on 22nd August 1882 at Killermont House, Bearsden. This is still standing and is a part of Glasgow Golf Club (the golf course was laid out in the grounds of the house – heading for Maryhill Road coming from Canniesburn Toll, turn left at the traffic lights by Arnold Clark…
Read MorePratt, John
John was born on 5th May 1896 at 41 Clarendon Street, just off Maryhill Road by St George’s Cross. Clarendon Street is ringed on the right-hand side. At its west end, Maryhill Road runs down to St George’s Cross, the junction with Great Western Road (running diagonally from top left to bottom right), St George’s…
Read MoreWhiteley, Cyril
Cyril Sykes Whiteley was born on 15th June 1898 at 15 Hamilton Terrace in Partick. This was subsequently renumbered as 47 Peel Street, opposite the cricket ground in Partick: Number 47 retains the bay windows; note the rest of Hamilton Terrace would have been to the left of the photo. The modern properties replace those…
Read MoreRitchie, Hugh
Hugh Nicol Ritchie was born on 26th September 1898 at a street then called Park Road South, Whiteinch. The clue is in the name, of course and this street is now called Victoria Park Road South: Unfortunately as the streets were renamed they also seem to have been renumbered because while Hugh was born at…
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