Introduction

In 2014 the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, Cumnock History Group began researching the names on the Cumnock War Memorial plus other men and women with Cumnock connections mentioned on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or in the Cumnock Chronicle of the time. The research is not limited to those who died but also to men and women who served, using family history information.

The group would like to appeal to individuals with knowledge of family members for photographs of the soldier, either in uniform or not, and photos of medals or other memorabilia eg letters sent home from the Front. If you would be prepared to share these on this site, please email the web manager info@cumnockhistorygroup.org The group is willing to share any copies of documents found with the soldier's descendants.

Sunday 27 July 2014

John McGill

Guardsman John McGill was the only son of John McGill and Isabella Baird Lymburner. He was born in Cumnock on 29th November 1894 and was a draper.
His father was Colour Sergeant John McGill who was the recruiting sergeant  for WW1.  (his obituary) What an irony that his own son fell.


Name: John McGill
Birth Place: Cumnock, Ayrshire
Residence: Old Cumnock
Death Date: 12 Mar 1917
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Cumnock
Rank: GDSN.
Regiment: Scots Guards
Regimental Number: 15090
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre


CWGC  gives his age (22) and father John McGill of 10 Shankston Terrace. (His mother had died in 1910)


This is the family in 1901 census
Barrhill Road

John Mcgill             42 commercial traveller b Muirkirk
Isabella B Mcgill             44 b Sorn
Jessie B Mcgill             9
John Mcgill             6

Cumnock Connections tree

This is his entry on De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour

He is remembered on Cumnock War Memorial and at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery in France.

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