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Lorimer Headley


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