Corporal James Lennox

James Lennox was born in Maybole in 1891. His father Alexander was a rural postman.

In 1901 the family are at Elbow Lane in Cumnock
Alexander Lennox 34 insurance agent b Kirkmichael
Elizabeth Lennox 35 b Kirkmichael
Thomas Lennox 14 coal miner shiftman
John Lennox 11
James Lennox 9
Jeanie Lennox 5
Alexander Lennox 3
Alfred Lennox 11 Mo
children all born Maybole

James enlisted on the RSF and was serving in the 7th Battalion when he was killed in action  in France on the 27th February 1916.

 The Glasgow Evening Times had published this:-

Evening Times

See his family on Cumnock Connections tree

and his record on CWGC

He is remembered on Cumnock War Memorial and the Loos Memorial