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William Adie Cameron


Brother of Private Thomas Caldwell Cameron, 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), No. 6986


CWGC:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 7th Battalion, attached 4th Infantry Brigade, Signals

No: S/13756

Date of Death: 13th November 1917

Age: 22

Buried: Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux

Additional Information: Son of Duncan and Helen Cameron, ‘Tigh-na-Croach’, Pointhouse Crescent, Rothesay. Native of Strontian, Argyll.


SNWM:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 7th Battalion

No: S/13756

Place of Birth: Strontian, Argyll

Date of Death: 13th November 1917

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


SDGW:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 7th Battalion

No: S/13756

Place of Birth: Fort William

Place of Residence: Glasgow

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 13th November 1917

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


MIC:

William Cameron, Private, 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/13756. Killed in Action 13th November 1917.

Medal Entitlement: 1915 Star, British War & Victory Medals.


Service Records:

William Adie Cameron, born Fort William, Argyll

Attested at Glasgow 17th September 1914, Cameron Highlanders, No. 13756

Age: 19 years 83 days. Height 5 feet 11 ½ ins. Complexion Fresh. Eyes Gray. Hair Black. Bank Clerk

N.O.K: Mother Ellen, 5 Whitehill Gardens, Dennistoun

Killed in Acton 13th November 1917. Buried at Level Crossing British Cemetery, Fampoux


Soldiers’ Effects:

William Adie Cameron, Private, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, No. 13756. Killed in Action 13th November 1917.

Mother Helen.


Glasgow Herald, 19th November 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’

Cameron – Killed in action on the 13th inst., Private William Adie Cameron, aged 22, Cameron Highlanders, sixth son of the late Duncan Cameron, headmaster, Strontian Public School, Argyllshire and of Mrs Cameron, 5 Whitehill Gardens, Dennistoun.


Listed on Strontian Memorial: Private William Cameron, Cameron Highlanders.


Listed on Dennistoun New Parish Church Memorial: William Cameron.


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