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 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…
Read MoreLogan, John
Photo and quotes in the text are from the Hillhead High School War Memorial Volume (1921) John Francis Logan was born 6th April 1884 at 4 Otago Street, Hillhead. The 1894 map shows buildings on Otago Street right up to the junction with those fronting on Great Western Road: However, the properties on the corner were…
Read MoreGibson, James
James Douglas Gibson was born on 26th August 1889 in China. On the war memorial he is called J Douglas Gibson, suggesting he might have been known as Douglas, but in the absence of definite information I have stuck to James. His father was a missionary in Swatow, now Shantou; his name was James Campbell…
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