Pte. Duncan Campbell Stewart, 5th Life Guards, has died of wounds received in France. He was well-known in Cambuslang as the manager of a branch grocery shop.

Hamilton Advertiser 23 Jan 1915

Official information has just been received by Mr and Mrs Patrick McGinn, Benview, Kirkhill, that their son, 10817 Pte. Michael McGinn, RSF, died on 18th October 1914 as a result of a gunshot wound in the abdomen. He is buried in Sainghin-en-Weppes Communal Cemetery, near La Boissee. He was aged 20 and had been in the Army for two years. Previously he was a butcher in the central premises of Cambuslang Co-operative Society.

Hamilton Advertiser 27 Feb 1915 and CWGC

3/5709 Pte. A. Elliott of the 1st Bn Cameron Highlanders, who resided with his parents Charles and Jessie Elliott at 8 Silverbanks St. Cambuslang, died on 28th January 1915 in the Duchess of Westminster’s Hospital, Boulogne, aged 18. He is buried in Le Touquet-Paris Plage Communal Cemetery, 5km east of Etaples.

Hamilton Advertiser 6 March 1915 and CWGC

S/3273 L/Cpl  Hugh Gourlay, 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders, was killed in France on 5th March 1915 by a sniper’s bullet which hit a tree and then penetrated his lung. He was aged 19. Previously he was a crane driver at Hallside Steelworks. He joined up at the start of the war. He lived with his parents Hugh and Jeanie Gourlay at 271 Hamilton Rd. Halfway. He has no known grave - his name is recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

Hamilton Advertiser 13 Mar 1915 and CWGC

S/11007 Pte. David Kirkwood Blyth 1st Bn Cameron Highlanders had only been a  fortnight in the trenches when he had the misfortune to be struck by a piece of shrapnel which entered his left leg and emerged by his right leg. His wife has now been informed that her husband  succumbed to his wounds on 23 March 1915 in hospital at Boulogne.

He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. Pte. Blyth leaves three young children. Previously he was a miner at Gateside Colliery and resided at 36 Colebroke St. Cambuslang.

Hamilton Advertiser 3 April 1915 and CWGC

S/11010 Pte. James Muir, 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders, son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Muir, 25 Bank St. Cambuslang, was killed on 3rd April 1915 by a shell when on his way back from HQ after carrying a comrade there. Pte. Muir was 24 years of age. He joined the army at the outbreak of the war and was in the fighting line from 20th January and had taken part in all the heavy fighting.

Hamilton Advertiser Apr 1915 and CWGC

  Note from Andy Gebbie June 2015, who is a relative

S/3316 Pte. John Dunn, 1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders, died on 2nd April 1916 of wounds received on the battlefield  on 13th March. Pte. Dunn went through the Boer War in the ranks of the 1st Durham Light Infantry, for which he received the Silver Medal. His parents resided at 52 Barrowfield St Bridgeton. He had been pre-deceased by his wife, Agnes Christie Dunn. He has no known grave - his name is recorded on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

Hamilton Advertiser 1916 and CWGC

Mr and Mrs Cormac Docherty 15 Bridge St Cambuslang have been officially informed that their son 22038 Pte. Cormac Docherty, 8th Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers was killed in action in France on 11 June 1916. He was only 18 years old and, before enlisting,  worked as a miner with his father in Dechmont Colliery. He joined up a year ago and was sent to France on 23rd Feb 1916. He was a keen footballer and kept goal for the Hibs. An enthusiastic member of St. Bride’s Boys’Guild. At the Guild sports at Lanark in 1913 he won the leading prize. He is buried in Bois-Carre Military Cemetery, Haisnes, near La Boissee.

Cambuslang Advertiser and CWGC

2/Lt Arthur Donald Laird 17th Bn.  HLI previously reported missing is now reported killed on 1 July 1916 in France, aged 26. He was the nephew of Dr Laird Cambuslang. A prominent athlete in the west of Scotland , he had an excellent record in rugby while in cricket he played for Glasgow Acas and West of Scotland. His parents are George H and Mary Jane Laird, 7 Park Dr Glasgow. He was captain of Glasgow Academy in 1908. According to his C.O. he died a gallant gentleman heading his platoon into battle in the most cool and capable manner. In civil life he was a director of the family firm of George Laird and Sons Ltd, 10 Ann St., Bridgeton. At the outbreak of war  he enlisted as a Private in the Commercial Bn (17th. HLI) and was commissioned in Dec 1914. He is buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood on the Somme.His eldest brother, Capt G H H Laird HLI, was severely wounded at Gallipoli about a year ago and his only other brother Capt W W Laird RA is now serving in Egypt.

Cambuslang Advertiser and CWGC

Capt Matthew James Donald Laird, (uncle of 2/Lt Arthur D Laird), Royal Engineers, earlier posted missing, is now found to have succumbed to wounds sustained in hard fighting at Katia, Egypt. He died on 23rd April 1916 in hospital at Kantara, Egypt, aged 41 and is buried in the Military cemetery there (on the east bank of the Suez Canal). He spent several years before the war in the Queens Own Yeomanry, resigning in 1903. He rejoined the army at start of this war, was commissioned in the Engineers 1914 and promoted Captain in June 1915. He served at Cape Helles, Gallipoli until the evacuation. He was the son of George and Margaret Donald Laird of Glasgow. Before the war he was a Director of the family firm of George Laird and Son Ltd.

Cambuslang Advertiser and CWGC

Serjeant Robert James Jamieson 1677 9th Bn HLI (Glasgow Highlanders) was killed in action in France on 2nd December 1915, aged 19. He is buried among 550 soldiers in Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy, near Bethune in the Pas de Calais. He was a native of Bearsden, the son of the late Alexander and Jane Jack (nee Boyd) who resides at Cremona, Wellshot Drive, Cambuslang.

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