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Lorimer Headley
Brother of George Headley, Royal Navy, No. J43792
Brother of Private James Headley, Army Cyclist Corps, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), No. 3512 & 4377
Brother of Robert Headley, Driver, Royal Field Artillery, No. 141188 or Private, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) No. 1576 & Private, Labour Corps, No. 386981
Brother of William Headley
CWGC:
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion
No: 330159
Date of Death: 15th July 1916
Age: 20
Buried: Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
Additional Information: Son of John & Jessie Headley, 8 Whitevale Street, Dennistoun. Born at Sorn, Ayrshire.
SNWM:
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th Battalion (Territorial)
No. 330159
Place of Birth: Mauchline, Ayrshire
Date of Death: 15th July 1916
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
Lorimer Headley, Corporal/Sergeant, 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, Nos. 1613 & 330159. Presumed Dead
Medal Entitlement: 1914 – 15 Star, British War & Victory Medals
SDGW:
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion (Territorial)
No. 330159
Place of Birth: Mauchline, Ayrshire
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 15th July 1916
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Soldiers’ Effects:
Lorimer Headley, Corporal, 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, Nos. 1613 & 330159.
Death presumed on or since 15th July 1916.
Father John. Brothers William G. J., John, James & George. Sister Isabella (brother Robert’s request)
De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, Volume 5:
Headley, Lorimer, Corporal, No. 1613, 9th (Territorial) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders). 5th son of John Headley, of 8 Whitevale Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Joiner, by his wife jessie, daughter of William Jessiman, Wine & Spirit Merchant, Dundee; born Sorn, Ayrshire, 7th October 1895; educated Whitehill Higher Grade School, Glasgow, where he qualified in modern languages and mathematics; was a Clerk in the employ of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and although young, an Associate of the Institute of bankers; joined the Glasgow Highlanders in December 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 5th November 1914; was reported missing 15th July 1916 and is now officially assumed to have been killed on or about that date. His Chaplain, the Rev. John White, M.A., wrote: “He was a splendid soldier and a very fine young man. He kept the men in his charge and many comrades bright by his own happy disposition.” Corporal Headley has four brothers serving, the youngest of whom is in the Royal Navy. Unmarried.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Corporal Lorimer Headley, Highland Light Infantry, 8 Whitevale Street, Dennistoun.
Listed on Barony Hall, Strathclyde University, John Anderson Campus (formerly Barony Church) Memorial: Lorimer Headley.
1901 Census, Living at 138 Alexandra Parade, Dennistoun
Father John Headley, age 44, Joiner, born Fenwick, Ayrshire
Mother Jessie Headley, age 38, born Dundee
Children: John Headley, age 13, Telegraph Messenger, born Sorn, Ayrshire
Isabella H. Headley, age 12, Scholar, born Sorn, Ayrshire
James Headley, age 10, Scholar, born Glasgow
William G. J. Headley, age 8, Scholar, born Sorn, Ayrshire
Robert B. Headley, age 7, born Sorn, Ayrshire
Lorimer Headley, age 5, Scholar, born Sorn, Ayrshire
George M. Headley, age 1, born Glasgow