Thomas Armstrong

There is a Memorial Inscription (#150) in Cumnock new cemetery:
Thomas Armstrong killed at Kemmel, Belgium 31 Jan 1916 aged 25 son of Robert Armstrong and Margaret Hunter.

Since he wasn't on Cumnock War Memorial I had to look him up.

Here he is on the CWGC

Rank:

Sergeant

Service No:

73744

Date of Death:

31/01/1916

Age:

25

Regiment/Service:

Canadian Infantry

 

28th Bn.

Grave Reference:

K. 82.

Cemetery:

KEMMEL CHATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY

Additional Information:

Son of Robert and Margaret Hunter Armstrong, of Chapel, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

His Canadian enlistment papers tell us that
He enlisted 24 Oct 1914 at Regina, Saskatchewan
He was a carpenter, born 19 Feb 1890
His next of kin was his mother Margaret at 88 Ayr Road, Cumnock

Canadian casualty report

Cumnock Connections tree

He was the youngest son of Robert Armstrong and Margaret Hunter who married in Penpont in 1866.
Robert was a shepherd, then a dairyman and in 1901 a farmer at Wallacetown Farm Auchinleck

Their son George previously served in the Imperial Yeomanry and died in hospital in Aldershot in 1901 aged 19.

Another son William also served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He died in Vancouver in 1948.
Canadian papers

Thomas Armstrong is not on the War Memorials of Auchinleck, Cumnock, Lugar or Moffat so I am especially pleased to honour his memory here.

Here's the family headstone in Cumnock New Cemetery.

Photo by Morag Gordon Aug 2015