George Kirkland

Cumnock Parish Medal

Bombardier George Kirkland was born George Simpson Broom to Stewart Simpson of Auchinleck and her first husband William Broom a carter  on 27 March 1890 at 257 South Wellington Street in Glasgow.

In 1891 census his widowed mother was keeping a dairy
257 Wellington st
Stuart M S Broom 34 dairy keeper b
Thomas Broom 4
Janet S Broom 2
George S Broom 1
Mary Ann Conway 13

She later married John Kirkland of New Cumnock.


In 1901 census they are at Bankend Cottage in Cumnock
John Kirkland     41 mason's labourer b New Cumnock
Stuart Kirkland     43 b Auchinleck
Thomas Brown     14 stepson pithead labourer b Glasgow
George Brown     11 stepson b Glasgow
Ellen Kirkland     8 dau b Glasgow
Stuart Kirkland     5 dau  b Glasgow
Margaret Kirkland     2 dau b Cumnock

Medal Roll card has him as a driver

Ancestry record

Name:	George Kirkland
Birth Place:	Cumnock
Death Date:	23 Oct 1917
Death Place:	France and Flanders
Enlistment Place:	Cumnock, Ayrshire
Rank:	A BDR.
Regiment:	Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery
Regimental Number:	103883
Type of Casualty:	Killed in action
Theatre of War:	Western European Theatre

CWGC record

Rank:

Acting Bombardier

Service No:

103883

Date of Death:

23/10/1917

Age:

27

Regiment/Service:

Royal Field Artillery

 

31st Bty. 33rd Bde.

Grave Reference:

XII. A. 10.

Cemetery:

THE HUTS CEMETERY  (Ypres)

Additional Information:

Son of John and Stuart Kirkland, of 32, Elbow Lane, Old Cumnock.

Cumnock Connections tree