William M Dunsmuir

William McMillan Dunsmuir was the son of Thomas Dunsmuir and Rachel McMillan, born 29 April 1896 in Tower Street.

In 1911 he was living at 9 Glengyron Row with his widowed father and  siblings and working as a coal hewer.

From the Cumnock Chronicle, October 1918

Mr Thomas Dunsmuir, Manse Lane, has been officially notified by the War Office that his only son Pte William Dunsmuir, H.L.I., died in France on 27 September 1918 from wounds received in action. It is only about six weeks since Pte Dunsmuir left for the Front. He was a bright and cheery young man in his 23rd year, and formerly worked as a miner in Garrallan Colliery. He was well know in football circles, having been a prominent member of the Cumnock team.

 

He is buried at Louerval Military Cemetery Doignies, France. He is remembered on the Cumnock War Memorial.

Here he is on Cumnock Connections tree