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William Andrew Morton

CWGC: (William Andrew Morton)

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, Depot

No: S/11688

Date of Death: 19th December 1915

Age: 26

Buried: Riddrie Park Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of the late Andrew and Mary Morton

SNWM: (William Andrew Morton)

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Battalion

No: S/11688

Place of Birth: Dennistoun, Glasgow

Date of Death: 19th December 1915

Place of Death: Home

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds

SDGW: (William Andrew Morton)

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: Cameron Highlanders, 5th Battalion

No: S/11688

Place of Birth: Dennistoun, Glasgow

Place of Residence: Glasgow

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 19th December 1915

Place of Death: Home

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds

MIC (1):

William Morton, Corporal, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/11688

Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals

MIC (2):

William M. Morton, Corporal, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/11688. Died of Wounds 19th December 1915

Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals

MIC (3):

William Andrew Morton, Corporal, 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, No. S/11688. Died 19th December 1915

Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals

Address: (Sister) Miss Janet Drummond Morton, 19 Armadale Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow

Glasgow Herald, 21st December 1915. ‘Deaths on Service’

Morton. At Military Hospotal, Suffolk on 19th December (result of wounds received in France on 25th September), Corporal William A. Morton, 5th Cameron Highlanders (Lochiel’s), aged 26 years, beloved and only son of Andrew Morton, 96 Finlay Drive.

Glasgow Herald, 22nd December 1915. ‘Deaths on Service’

Morton. At Military Hospotal, Suffolk on 19th December (result of wounds received in France on 25th September), Corporal William A. Morton, 5th Cameron Highlanders (Lochiel’s), aged 26 years, beloved and only son of Andrew Morton, 96 Finlay Drive. Public funeral from 96 Finlay Drive on Thursday 23rd inst., at 2 p.m.

Scotsman, 23rd December 1915. ‘Rank and File Killed, Glasgow’

Corporal William A. Morton, 5th Camerons, was 26 years of age and the only son of Mr. Andrew Morton, 96 Finlay Drive, Dennistoun.

Riddrie Park Cemetery:

Erected by Andrew Morton in memory of his beloved wife Mary A. D. Smith

Died 24th October 1910 aged 47 years          

Also their beloved son Cpl. William Andrew Morton, 5th Camerons (Lochiel’s)

Who died of wounds 19th December 1915 aged 26 years

The above Andrew Morton died 8th February 1917 aged 58 years

Their beloved daughter Jenny died 4th August 1946 aged 61 years

Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Corporal William A. Morton, Cameron Highlanders, 96 Finlay Drive

1891 Census, Living at 139 Comely Park Street,, Dennistoun

Father Andrew Morton, age 32, Grocer born Kilmaurs, Ayrshire

Mother Mary Morton, age 27, born Cardross, Dunbartonshire

Children: Janet D. Morton, age 6, Scholar, born Glasgow

Mary C. Morton, age 4, born Glasgow

William Morton, age 2, born Glasgow

Isabella K. M. Morton, age 4 months, born Glasgow

1901 Census, Living at 109 Roselea Drive, Dennistoun

Father Andrew Morton, age 42, Epidemic Sanitary Inspector, born Kilmaurs, Ayrshire

Mother Mary Morton, age 37, born Cardross, Dunbartonshire

Children: Janet Morton, age 16, Assistant Sales Girl Fancy Leather Goods, born Glasgow

William Morton, age 12, Scholar, born Glasgow

Isabella Morton, age 10, Scholar, born Glasgow

Alexandrina Morton, age 8, Scholar, born Glasgow

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