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Thomas Barrie


Brother of Lance Corporal George Alston Barrie, Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion, No. 16230


CWGC:

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, ‘A’ Company, 11th Battalion

No: S/3493

Date of Death: 5th May 1916

Age: 27

Buried: Vermelles British Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of the late Thomas and Margaret Barrie, ‘Harplaw’, Hillview, Shettleston. Husband of Elizabeth Barrie, 562 Main Street, Shettleston.


SNWM:

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 11th Battalion

No: S/3493

Place of Birth: Shettleston

Date of Death: 5th May 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


SDGW:

Rank: Sergeant

Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 11th Battalion

No: S/3493

Place of Birth: Shettleston

Place of Residence: Shettleston

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 5th May 1916

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


MIC:

Thomas Barrie, Corporal/Sergeant, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. S/3493. Killed in Action 5th May 1916

Medal Entitlement: 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals.


Soldiers’ Effects:

Thomas Barrie, Sergeant, 11th (Service) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. S/3493

Killed in Action 5th June 916. Widow Elizabeth.


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour:   Thomas Barrie, Sergeant, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Harplaw, Shettleston


Service Records:

Thomas Barrie, born Shettleston

Attested at Glasgow, 2nd September 1914, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, No. S/3493

Age 25 years 79 days. Complexion Fresh. Eyes Grey. Hair Dark. Chemist/Blacksmith?

Posted Private, 2nd September 1914. Appointed Lance Corporal, 11th Battalion, 23rd November 1914

Promoted Corporal, 11th Battalion, 9th June 1915. Appointed Lance Sergeant, 11th Battalion, 15th November 1915

Promoted Sergeant, 11th Battalion, 21st September 1915.     Killed in Action 5th May 1916

Deceased Soldier’s Living Relatives Form, completed by widow Elizabeth Barrie, 562 Main Street, Shettleston, 5th May 1919:

Mother: Margaret Barrie, Brothers John Barrie age 24, James Barrie age 22, Robert Barrie age 18, Hugh Barrie age 18, Sisters Jean Barrie age 33, Marguerite Barrie age 28, Annie Barrie and 14, all resident at ‘Harplaw’, Hillview, Shettleston.

Marriage to Elizabeth Ramsay, 5th September 1914


1891 Census, Living at 47 Salamanca Street, Parkhead, Glasgow

Father Thomas Barrie, age 28, Iron & Steel Forgeman, born Glasgow

Mother Maggie Barrie, age 29, born Glasgow

Children: Jeanie F. Barrie, age 14, Scholar, born Shettleston

Thomas Barrie, age 2, born Glasgow

Mary S. Barrie, age 1, born Glasgow


1913 Electoral Register:

Thomas Barrie, Chemist, Lodger (Son of Thomas Barrie, Steelworker), Ruth Street, Glasgow