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| James on left, brother George on right and George's son George in the middle |
James Telfer was the son of John Muir Telfer, a blacksmith, and Mary Patrick and was born in 1885 in Auchinleck. He was a joiner and enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps on 16 August 1916. He entered the RAF on 1 April 1918 (when it was formed). He was 5' 6". His next of kin was his mother Mary Telfer of Glengowan, Auchinleck. His religion was Congregationalist. His service number was 43900.
James married Hannah Haddow in 1934 and died in Ayr in 1967.
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| James (left) and George |
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| James |
Younger brother George Telfer was born in Auchinleck in 1888 and married Margaret Gillespie in 1912. They had 3 children by the time he enlisted on the 5th June 1916. He gave his age as 27 years 8 months. He was a joiner of 88 Ayr Road Cumnock. He got the dates of his marriage and the birthdates of his 3 children slightly wrong and gave the wrong year for his own birth! He was clearly not expecting to have to give that information. He was 5 foot 7 and a half inches tall and weighed 133 pounds.
Service number 27371 and 297452 Royal Engineers He was promoted from Pioneer to Sapper because of his first class skills as a joiner/ carpenter. He was assigned to road building duties in France.
George died at Broomfield, Auchinleck Road, Cumnock in 1964.
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George George back row 2n from left  |
George, back row fifth in from left with a moustache and soldier behind him.
Telfer family on the Cumnock Connections tree
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