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William Crichton |
CWGC:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Scots, 17th Battalion
No: 50604
Date of Death: 9th April 1918
Age: 19
Buried: Martinsart British Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of William and Marion Simpson Strachan Crichton, 80 Cardross Street, Dennistoun.
SNWM:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Scots, 17th Battalion
No: 50604
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 9th April 1918
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Scots, 17th Battalion
No: 50604
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 9th April 1918
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
William Crichton, Private, Royal Scots, No. 50604. Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals
Service Records:
William Crichton, 80 Cardross Street, Glasgow
Attested at Glasgow, 20th October 1916, 79th T. R. Battalion, No: 29156
Age 17 years 11 months. Height 5 feet 4 ½ ins. Insurance Clerk
N.O.K: Father, William Crichton Snr., 80 Cardross Street, Glasgow
Transferred to 56th T. R. Battalion, 22nd June 1917. Transferred to 17th Battalion, Royal Scots, 15th December 1917, No. 50604
Killed in Action 9th April 1918. Buried in an isolated grave on Heathcote Bank, 40 yards west of Railway, 2 ½ miles north of Albert (Re-?) Buried Martinsart British Cemetery, 2 miles N.N.W. of Albert
Deceased Soldiers Living Relatives Form, completed by Father William Crichton 23rd June 1920
Parents William and Marion Simpson Strachan Crichton, 80 Cardross Street, Dennistoun. Siblings: None
Soldiers’ Effects:
William Crichton, Private, 17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots, No. 50604. Killed in Action in France, 9th April 1918.
Father William
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour:
William Crichton, Private, Royal Scots, 80 Cardross Street, Dennistoun
Glasgow Herald, 18th April 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’
Crichton. Killed in action, 9th April, Private William Crichton, Royal Scots, aged 19 years, dearly beloved only son of Mr and Mrs Crichton, 80 Cardross Street, Dennistoun.
Sandymount Cemetery:
In memory of my dear husband William Crichton died 12th April 1938
Also, my son William killed in France 9th April 1918
His wife Marion Simpson Strachan Paton
Died 2nd November 1941 aged 77 years.
1901 Census, Living at 22 Fisher Street, Dennistoun
Father William Crichton, age 32, Cotton Warper, born Stirlingshire
Mother Marion Crichton, age 36, born Stirlingshire
Child: William Crichton, age 2, born Glasgow
