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John Hood


John Hood             


(Possible) CWGC:

Rank: Lieutenant

Regiment: Royal Flying Corps and Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 8th Battalion

Date of Death: 18th August 1917

Age: 22

Buried: Harlebeke New British Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of Archibald J. and Mary Mitchell Hood, ‘Sherwood’, Glenburn Road, Bearsden, Glasgow


(Possible) SNWM:

Rank: Lieutenant

Regiment: Royal Flying Corps/Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 8th Battalion.

Date of Death: 18th August 1917

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


(Possible) SDGW (1):

Rank: Lieutenant

Regiment: Royal Flying Corps/Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 8th Battalion (Territorial).

Date of Death: 18th August 1917

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


(Possible) SDGW (2):

Rank: Lieutenant

Regiment: Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 8th (Argyllshire) Battalion (Territorial).

Date of Death: 18th August 1917

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


(Possible) Glasgow Herald, 23rd August 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’

Hood. Killed in action on 17th August, Lieutenant John Hood, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, attached Royal Flying Corps, aged 22, only son of Archibald J. Hood and Mrs Hood, Sherwood, Bearsden.


(Possible) Soldiers’ Effects:

Lieutenant J. Hood, 8th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Royal Flying Corps. Death accepted 18th August 1917


(Possibly) Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Lieutenant John Hood, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Glasgow University Medical Student – no address.


(Possibly) Listed on Glasgow University Roll of Honour: Lieutenant John Hood, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders & Royal Flying Corps, Medical Student. Killed in Action.


(Possibly) Listed on Bearsden Memorial: John Hood


New Kilpatrick (Hillfoots) Cemetery

In memory of Mary Mitchell who died 25th March 1935

Wife of Archibald James Hood

Their son John Hood, Lieutenant, 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Attached Royal Flying Corps

Killed in action 18th August 1917

The above Archibald James Hood died 20th April 1943

Their daughter Dr. Esther Sinclair McCulloch died 18th March 1981