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(Peter) Lamont Kerr |
CWGC:
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, 276th Siege Battery
No: 120820
Date of Death: 7th September 1918
Age 20
Buried: Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval
Additional Information: Son of Peter and Agnes Holmes Kerr, 109 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun
SNWM:
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
No: 120820
Place of Birth: Barony, Glasgow
Date of Death: 7th September 1918
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
SDGW:
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery
No: 120820
Place of Birth: Barony, Glasgow
Place of Residence: Dennistoun
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 7th September 1918
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
MIC:
Lamont Keer, Bombardier, Royal Garrison Artillery, No. 120820
Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals
Service Records:
Lamont Kerr, 39 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow
Attested at Glasgow, 3rd December 1915, Royal Regiment of Artillery, No. 120820
Age 18 years 7 months. Height 5 feet 8 ins. Apprentice Draughtsman
N.O.K: Father Peter Lamont Kerr, 39 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun
Posted to Army Reserve, 3rd December 1915
Mobilized & Posted Gunner, 3rd Battalion (Depot), Royal Garrison Artillery, 23rd September 1916
Appointed Acting Bombardier, 29th June4 1917, Confirmed Bombardier 8th August 1917
Died of wounds received in action at 46 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 7th September 1918
Buried Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery.
Deceased Soldier’s Living Relaives Form completed by Father 11th June 1919
Father: Peter Kerr, Mother Agnes Holmes Kerr, Brother James Hunter Kerr, age 18, Sisters Jean R. Kerr, age 26 and Nan Kerr, age 23, all resident at 109 Whitehill Street, Dennistoun
Personal effects forwarded to Mother, Mrs Agnes Holmes Kerr, 39 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun
Soldiers’ Effects:
Lamont Kerr, Bombardier, 276th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, No. 120820.
Died at No. 46 Casualty Clearing Station, 7th September 1918
Executrix Nominate, Mother Agnes H.
Glasgow Herald, 13th September 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’
Kerr. Died of wounds received in action, 8th September 1918, Bombardier Lamont Kerr, Royal Garrison Artillery, elder son of Mr and Mrs Peter Kerr, 39 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Gunner Lamont Kerr, Royal Garrison Artillery, 39 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun.
Listed on Glasgow Royal Technical College (Strathclyde University) Roll of Honour: Bombardier Lamont Kerr, 376th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
1901 Census, Living at 39 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun
Father: Peter Kerr, age 41, Lithographic Writer, born Glasgow
Mother Agnes H. Kerr, age 33, born Hamilton
Children: Jean R. Kerr, age 9, born Glasgow
Agnes H. Kerr, age 6, born Glasgow
Peter L. Kerr, age 3, born Glasgow
James H. Kerr, age 3 months, born Glasgow