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.