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Thomas Chalmers Cameron |
Brother of Private William A. Cameron, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/13756
CWGC:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 5th Battalion
No: 6986
Date of Death: 23rd January 1916
Age: 22
Buried: Bethune Town Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of Helen Cameron, 5 Whitehill Gardens, Dennistoun and the late Duncan Cameron. Native of Strontian, Argyll.
SNWM:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1st/5th Battalion
No: 6986
Place of Birth: Strontian
Date of Death: 23rd January 1916
Place of Death: France
SDGW:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 5th Battalion
No: 6986
Place of Birth: Strontian, Argyll
Date of Death: 23rd January 1916
Place of Death: France and Flanders
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
MIC:
Thomas C. Cameron, Private, 5th Scottish Rifles, No. 6986. Died of Wounds.
Medal Entitlement: 1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals.
Soldiers’ Effects:
Thomas Chalmers Cameron, Private, 1st/5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, No. 6986.
Died at 33 Casualty Clearing Station, Bethune, 23rd Januarv 1916
Mother Helen, Brothers John, Charles, Duncan & William
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour:
Thomas C. Cameron, Private, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 5 Whitehill Gardens, Dennistoun.
Listed on Strontian Memorial: Private Thomas Cameron, Scottish Rifles.
Listed on Dennistoun New Parish Church Memorial: Thomas C. Cameron.
Glasgow Herald, 28th January 1916. ‘Deaths of Service’
Cameron – Died of wounds in France on 23rd January, Private Thomas Chalmers Cameron, aged 22, 1/5th Scottish Rifles, 5th son of the late Duncan Cameron, schoolmaster, Strontian and of Mrs Cameron, 5 Whitehill Gardens, Dennistoun.
1901 Census, Living at School House, Strontian, Argyll
Father Duncan Cameron, age 45, Teacher in Public School, born Morvern, Argyll
Helen Cameron, age 42, born Longside, Aberdeenshire
Children: Annie F. Cameron, age 17, Pupil Teacher, born Sunart, Argyll
Bessie McA. Cameron, age 15, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
James A. Cameron, age 13, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
Duncan Cameron, age 12, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
Katherine F. Cameron, age 10, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
Charles McA. Cameron, age 8, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
Thomas C. Cameron, age 7, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
William A. Cameron, age 5, Scholar, born Sunart, Argyll
George A. Cameron, age 3, born Sunart, Argyll