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George Williamson Borthwick |
CWGC:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, ‘D’ Company, 6th Battalion
Date of Death: 28th June 1916
Age: 20
Commemorated: Loos Memorial
Additional Information: Son of George Williamson Borthwick and Margaret Borthwick, Kenilworth, Bishopbriggs.
SNWM:
Rank: Training Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 6th Battalion
Date of Death: 28th June 1916
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Training Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 6th Battalion
Date of Death: 28th June 1916
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
George Borthwick, Private, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/14704. Commissioned 12th March 1916
Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star
Service Medal and Award Rolls:
Private George W. Borthwick, 6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/14704.
Discharged to Commission, 12th March 1916
London Gazette, 18th April 1916, Issue 29552, Page 4030
War Office, 18th April 1916. Regular Forces.
The undermentioned N.C.O.’s and men to be temporary Second Lieutenants with effect from 12th March 1916:
Cameron Highlanders – Private G. W. Borthwick.
Soldiers’ Effects:
G. W. Borthwick, Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Killed in Action 28th June 1916
Glasgow Herald, 3rd July 1916. ‘Deaths on Service’.
Borthwick – Killed in action, Second Lieutenant George William Borthwick, Cameron Highlanders, third son of Mr and Mrs George W. Borthwick, Kenilworth, Colston, Bishopbriggs.
1901 Census, Living at Kenilworth, Inchbelly Road, Maryhill
Father George W. Borthwick, age 35, Assistant Schoolmaster, born Ireland
Mather Maggie Borthwick, age 35, born Glasgow
Children: Fergus Borthwick, age 9, Scholar, born Coatbridge
Samuel Borthwick, age 7, Scholar, born Glasgow
George W. Borthwick, age 5, Scholar, born Glasgow
Peter L. Borthwick, age 3, born Glasgow