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William McGhee |
William McGhee
Brother of Alexander McGhee, Army Service Corps (Motor Transport), No.M2/100759
CWGC:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 4th Battalion attached 7th Battalion, formerly 5th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Date of Death: 9th April 1917
Commemorated: Arras Memorial
Additional Information: Son of George and Margaret McGhee, Tollcross, Glasgow. A Customs and Excise Officer.
SNWM:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 4th Battalion (Territorial)
Date of Death: 9th April 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 4th Battalion (Territorial)
Date of Death: 9th April 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
London Gazette, 22nd September 1916, Supplement 29759, Page 9219:
Royal Scots Fusiliers. Cadet William McGhee to be Second Lieutenant (on probation). 5th September 1916
MIC:
William McGhee, Private, 5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, No. 6607, Second Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Royal Scottish Fusiliers.
Commissioned Royal Scots Fusiliers, 4th September 1916. Killed in Action 9th April 1917.
Medal Entitlement: 1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals
Address: Morrison Villa, Easterhill Street, Tollcross, Glasgow
Soldiers’ Effects:
Second Lieutenant W. McGhee, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in Action 9th April 1917
Glasgow Herald, 18th April 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
McGhee. Killed in Action on 9th April, William McGhee, aged 25, Second Lieutenant, Royal Scots Fusiliers, beloved son of Mr and Mrs George McGhee, Morrison Villa, Tollcross.
Scotsman, 21st April 1917. ‘Biographical Notes – Royal Scots Fusiliers’.
Second Lieutenant William McGhee (killed) was the son of Mr and Mrs McGhee, Morrison Villa, Tollcross, Glasgow and served as a private n the Scottish Rifles before being Gazetted to the Fusiliers. Educated at Whitehill Higher Grade School, Lt. McGhee prior to the war was a Customs and Excise Officer in Glasgow. He was 25 years of age.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Second Lieutenant William McGhee, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Morrison Villa, Tollcross
Listed on Tollcross Y.M.C.A. Memorial: William McGhee
(Possibly) Listed on Kenmuir (Mount Vernon) Church Memorial:
William McGhee
Sandymount Cemetery:
In memory of our dear mother Margaret Spence wife of George McGhee Died 17th October 1932 aged 76 years
Their daughter Margaret Dunlop died in infancy
Their sons Richard George died 5th November 1906 aged 27 years
William 2nd Lieut., R.S.F., killed at Arras 9th April 1917 aged 25 years
Our father George McGhee died 29th May 1935 aged 86 years
1901 Census, Living at 2 George Street, Shettleston
Father George McGhee, age 47, Engineer (Gas Engine Maker), born Ireland
Mother Margaret McGhee age 44, born Riccarton, Ayrshire
Children: Richard McGhee, age 21, Engineer (Iron Turner), born Glasgow
James McGhee, age 18, Oil Merchant, born Ireland
Joseph McGhee, age 15, Engineer (Iron Turner), born Glasgow
Alice McGhee, age 13, Scholar, born Glasgow
George McGhee, age 11, Scholar, born Shettleston
William McGhee, age 9, Scholar, born Shettleston
Alexander McGhee, age 7, Scholar, born Shettleston
Annie McGhee, age 5, Scholar, born Glasgow
