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James McLellan |
James McLellan
CWGC:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 3rd Battalion, attached Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Date of Death: 4th October 1917
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial
SNWM:
Rank: Second Lieutenant/Training Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 3rd Battalion, attached Machine Gun Corps
Date of Death: 4th October 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Second Lieutenant/Training Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 3rd Battalion, attached Machine Gun Corps
Date of Death: 4th October 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
James McLellan, 2nd Lieutenant/Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry, attached Machine Gun Corps. Killed in Action 4th October 1917. Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals. Address (Sister) Mrs. J. Muir, 10 George Street, Shettleston.
Soldiers’ Effects:
Lieutenant J. McLellan, 3rd Battalion Highland Light Infantry, attached Machine Gun Corps. Killed in Action 4th October 1917
Glasgow Herald, 17th October 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
McLellan. Killed in action on 4th October 1917, James McLellan, aged 22, Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry (Special Reserve) and of 3 Alexandra Park Gardens, Dennistoun, only son of the late James McLellan, muslin manufacturer, Glasgow.
Daily Record, 17th October 1917. ‘Deaths on Service’
McLellan. On the 4th October, killed in action, Lieutenant James McLellan, Highland Light Infantry, attached Machine Gun Corps, nephew of Margaret McLellan, 3 Alexandra Park Gardens, Dennistoun and brother of Helen Muir, 40 Garthland Drive, Glasgow.
Scotsman, 18th October 1917. ‘Deaths’
McLellan. Killed in action on 4th October 1917, James McLellan, age 22, Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry (Special Reserve) and of 3 Alexandra Park Gardens, Dennistoun, only son of the late James McLellan, muslin manufacturer, Glasgow.
Sandmount Cemetery:
Erected by James McLellan Junr.
In loving memory of his wife Maggie Wyper
Who died 9th January 1899 aged 36 years
Also his wife Elizabeth Cullen who died 4th June 1909 aged 54 years
The above James McLellan who died 2nd January 1910 aged 50 years
Also his son Lt. James McLellan, 3rd H.L.I., Att. M.G.C.
Killed in action in Belgium 4th October 1917 aged 22 years
Birth Certificate:
James McLellan, born 12th January 1895 at 381 Duke Street, Glasgow
Son of James McLellan, Muslin Warehouseman & Maggie McLellan nee Wyper. (Marriage 13th June 1890, Glasgow).
1918 England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations):
McLellan, James, of 3 Alexandra Park Gardens, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps, died 4th October 1917 at some place unknown. Conformation of John Allan McKillop and William Gemmill. Writers. Sealed London 9th March.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Private James McLellan, Highland Light Infantry, 60 Meadowpark Street, Dennistoun
and
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Lieutenant James McLellan, Machine Gun Corps, 3 Alexandra Park Gardens, Dennistoun.
1901 Census, Living at 533 Duke Street, Dennistoun
Father James McLellan Jr., age 41, Muslin Warehouseman, born Glasgow
Step-Mother Elizabeth McLellan, age 46, born Glasgow
Children: Helen McLellan, age 9, Scholar, born Glasgow
James McLellan, age 6, Scholar, born Glasgow
