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James Algie MacLaren |
James Algie MacLaren
CWGC: (James Algie MacLaren)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 10th Battalion
No: 290947
Date of Death: 24th April 1917
Age: 18
Commemorated: Arras Memorial
Additional Information: Son of James Anderson MacLaren and Helen Algie MacLaren, 117 Alexandra Park Street, Dennistoun.
SNWM: (J. McLaren)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 10th Battalion
No: 290947
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 26th April 1917
Place of Death: France
MIC:
James McLaren, Private, Scottish Rifles, No. 290947
Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals.
GW:
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 10th Battalion
No: 290947
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 26th April 1917
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, Volume 3:
MacLaren, James Algie, Private, No. 290497, Lewis Gun Section, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), eldest son of James Anderson Maclaren, 117 Alexandra Park Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow; born Glasgow 7th April 1899, educated Whitehill Higher Grade School there and was subsequently apprenticed as an Engineer; joined the 8th Battalion, The Scottish Rifles as a Drummer, 3rd July 1915; transferred to the 10th Battalion; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 6th March 1917 and was killed in action 24th April 1917, being shot by a sniper while advancing with a Lewis Gun against Cavalry Farm. Buried at Guemappe, south-east of Arras.
Soldiers’ Effects:
James McLaren, private, 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, No. 290947. Killed in action between 23rd and 26th April 1917.
Father James.
Glasgow Herald, 8th May 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
MacLaren. Killed in Action, 24th April 1917, Private James A. MacLaren, aged 18 years, Scottish Rifles, eldest son of mr and Mrs James MacLaren, 117 Alexandra Park Street, Dennistoun
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Private James A. MacLaren, Cameron Highlanders, 117 Alexandra Park Street, Dennistoun
(Possibly) Listed on Shettleston Old Parish Church: James MacLaren
1901 Census, Living at 117 Alexandra Park Street, Dennistoun
Father James McLaren, age 26, Italian Warehouseman, born Glasgow
Mother Nellie McLaren, age 26, born Carmyle, Lanarkshire
Children: James McLaren, age 2, born Glasgow
John McLaren, age 1 month, born Glasgow
