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David Roy


David Roy


CWGC:   (D. Roy)

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3rd Battalion

No: 47741

Date of Death: 7th January 1918

Age: 29

Buried: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of the late Hugh and Margaret Kerr Roy, Shettleston, Glasgow. Husband of Mary H. Roy, ‘Crichop’, Buckingham Drive, Carmyle, Tollcross, Glasgow.


SNWM:   (David Roy)

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3rd Battalion

No: 47741

Place of Birth: Old Monkland, Lanarkshire

Date of Death: 7th January 1918

Place of Death: Egypt

Cause of Death: Died


SDGW:   (David Roy)

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Scots Fusiliers, 3rd Battalion

No: 47741

Place of Birth: Old Monkland, Lanarkshire

Place of Residence: Tollcross, Glasgow

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 7th January 1918

Place of Death: Egypt

Cause of Death: Died


MIC:

David Roy, Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers, No. 47741

Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals


Soldiers’ Effects:

David Roy, Private, 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, No. 47741. Died of Disease, 7th January 1918

Grantee & Executrix Mary H.


Glasgow Herald, 16th January 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’

Roy. In hospital abroad, of pneumonia on 7th January, Private David Roy, Royal Scots Fusiliers, beloved husband of Mary Hyslop Syme, 10 Parkgrove Terrace, Tollcross, only son of the late Hugh Roy, Shettleston. 14 years with Kerr, Newton & Calder, coal exporters etc., 104 West George Street.


Listed on Carntyne Old Church Memorial (now housed in Shettleston New Parish Church): David Roy


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: David Roy, Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 10 Parkgrove Terrace, Tollcross


1891 Census, Living at Mack’s Land, Old Monkland Western District (Baillieston), Lanarkshire

Father Hugh Roy, age 31, Carter, born Baillieston

Mother Margaret Roy, age 29, born Tollcross

Children: David Roy, age 3, born Baillieston

Agnes Roy, age 1, born Baillieston


1901 Census, Living at 20½ Salisbury Place, Shettleston

Father Hugh Roy, age 42, Goods Carrier, born Baillieston

Mother Margaret Roy, age 40, born Tollcross

Children: David Roy, age 13, Scholar, born Baillieston