Guthrie Brothers

Two sons of James Guthrie and his wife Mary Sturgeon perished.

First Samuel Guthrie of Lanarkshire Yeomanry died at Gallipolli on 19th November 1915. He is buried at Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles. He left a wife and child at 20 St Conal Square, Kirkconnel.

Then, exactly a year later, Robert Sturgeon Guthrie of the Highland Light Infantry died at the Somme in France on 19th November 1916. He is on the Thiepval Memorial.

photo added 11 Nov 2018 D&G Standard - Wednesday 13 December 1916

The boys were born in Dailly and in 1891 and 1901 the family was at  Skerrington Rows, Ochiltree.

Here is the family in 1891 census
12 Skerrington Rows, Ochiltree
James Guthrie     33 b Calderbank, Lanarkshire
Mary Guthrie     38
Annie Guthrie     12
Jane Guthrie     9
Sarah Guthrie     8
Jessie Guthrie     6
Samuel Guthrie     4
Robert Guthrie     1

rest born Dailly.

And in 1901 census
3 Skerrington Row, Ochiltree
James Guthrie     42 coal miner
Mary Guthrie     48
Samuel Guthrie     14 coal runner
Robert Guthrie     11
Wilhelmina Guthrie     9 b Ochiltree
John Guthrie     7 b Ochiltree

Both Samuel and Robert's residence on their war records is Kirkconnel and they are on Kirkconnel War Memorial as well as on Cumnock War Memorial.

Cumnock connections tree 


From the Chronicle

According to some In Memoriam notices in 1918, their brother John was serving in the Royal Navy and a sister and brother were in 134 Skares, presumably the reason they are remembered on Cumnock War Memorial.

Did Robert have a sweetheart MCR? D&G Standard 1918

From the Rev Charleson

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