Hugh Woodburn Guthrie was born in Cumnock in 1898 to John Guthrie and Elizabeth McTaggart but by 1901 the family was in Glasgow.
His parents predeceased him and his effects went to his sister Mary, Mrs Thomas McGeoch.
| Name: | Hugh Guthrie |
|---|---|
| Birth Place: | Old Cumnock, Ayrshire |
| Death Date: | 29 Sep 1918 |
| Death Place: | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place: | Glasgow |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Highland Light Infantry |
| Battalion: | 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion (Territorial) |
| Regimental Number: | 40415 |
| Type of Casualty: | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War: | Western European Theatre |
| Comments: | Formerly 2108, Scot. Bord. |
By 1887 his father John Guthrie is living at Barrhill Road, as a coal miner. in 1891 the family is in Greenock where he works as an assurance agent. The family returns to Barrhill Road, working as a life assurance agent. It is here Hugh Woodburn Guthrie is born. In 1901 census the family are living in Kelvinside, Milton, Glasgow with John working as boot shoe traveller. He dies the following year at that address, a Draper traveller. His wife Elizabeth dies in 1906, Garscube road, Glasgow.
Hugh Woodburn Guthrie is now orphaned aged 8 years old. In the 1911 census he and a sister are living at Govanhill, Glasgow with his older brother John and his wife. John is a baker (he was born at Townhead, Cumnock 1883) John is at Govanhill in the 1915 and 1920 Valuation rolls. Hugh's sister Mary (born Waterside Place, Cumnock) married Thomas McGeoch. The couple are living at Govanhill with brother Robert (born Barrhill, 1887) as a boarder. It was Mary that got Hugh's effects following his death at Flanders 1918. I wonder if he was the living with his sister when he signed up?
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