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| Photo by Morag Gordon |
Remembering WW1 soldiers with a connection to Cumnock in Ayrshire, Scotland, including those who survived and others not mentioned on the War Memorial. Researched by Cumnock History Group.
Monday, 14 January 2019
David Crichton McCulloch
David Crichton McCulloch was born in Cronberry, Lugar on 14 March 1896 the son of colliery manager Thomas McCulloch and his wife Helen Crichton. He enlisted in the ASC and was killed accidentally in London on Sunday 5 September 1915 while riding on a tramcar in Brentford High Street. He was 19. He had spotted some comrades passing in a lorry and had leaned out to wave to them when he was struck by a tram going the other way. Death was instantaneous.
HIs father had to go to London to identify the body and he was brought back to be buried in Auchinleck Cemetery on the following Thursday.
Cumnock Connections Tree
He is on Auchinleck War Memorial
HIs father had to go to London to identify the body and he was brought back to be buried in Auchinleck Cemetery on the following Thursday.
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| Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Wednesday 08 September 1915 |
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| Photo: Findagrave |
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| Middlesex Chronicle Saturday 11 September 1915 |
Cumnock Connections Tree
He is on Auchinleck War Memorial
Monday, 7 January 2019
William Muir of Lugar
Unusually he died in Italy on 7 Dec 1918. This from https://awayfromthewesternfront.org
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