He was in the 1st/5th Battalion of the RSF as were many local men, my late father-in-law included.
He was born in Muirkirk about 1896 to William and Annie Dunsmore of 40 Springhill Terrace, Muirkirk.
He died of wounds in 57th Clearing Station in France on 2nd June 1918.
He had brothers William and Joseph and a sister Marion who all received a share of his war gratuity along with his father.
His CWGC record tells us he is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
He is also remembered on a gravestone in Sorn Cemetery erected by Bill Harrison of Sorn and Indiana in memory of his family and three war buddies.
He is on Muirkirk War Memorial.
His grainy photo is in the Evening Times Roll of Honour accessed by Tanya Gardiner
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