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James Clouston


Brother of Surgeon/Sub Lieutenant, Ronald G. Clouston, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve


CWGC:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1st/6th Battalion

No: 266613

Date of Death: 31st July 1917

Age: 21

Buried: Gwalia Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of Robert Clouston and Penelope Ronald or Clouston, 32 Barrington Drive, Glasgow. Native of Coupar Angus, Perthshire.


SNWM:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Battalion

No: 266613

Place of Birth: Coupar Angus

Date of Death: 31st July 1917

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds


SDGW:

Rank: Private

Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial)

No: 266613

Place of Birth: Coupar Angus

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 31st July 1917

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds


MIC:

James Clouston, Private, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), Nos: 4201 & 266613

Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals.


Soldiers’ Effects:

James Clouston, Private, 1st/6th Battalion, Royal Highlanders, No. 266613. Died of Wounds in France (Belgium) 31st July 1917.

Father Robert.


Glasgow Herald, 11th August 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’

Clouston, On 31st July, of wounds received same day, aged 21, Lance Corporal, Black Watch, elder son of Robert Clouston, 32 Barrington Drive.


The Scotsman, 29th August 1917. ‘Rank and File, Scottish Losses’

The Black Watch, Clouston, J., No. 266613 (Enlisted Glasgow)


1901 Census, Living at Middlehills, Coupar Angus, Perthshire

Father Robert Clouston, age 35, Bank Teller, born Stromness, Orkney

Mother Penelope Clouston, age 32, born Forres, Morayshire

Children: James Clouston, age 4, born Coupar Angus, Perthshire

Ronald G. Clouston, age 1, born Coupar Angus, Perthshire