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 |
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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
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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