James Robertson
Rank: Private
Service No: S/18247
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 20/11/1915
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders (5th Bn.)
Cemetery: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr and Mrs Robertson, 13 Kirkwood Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father James Robertson.
1891 census information:
Address: 230 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Father: James (31) stationery engine driver, born about 1860 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Mary (33) born about 1858 in Greenock.
Brother: John McAlpine (5) born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Self: James (2) born about 1889 in Rutherglen.
1901 census information:
Address: 8 Wardlawhill, Rutherglen.
Father: James (41) coal miner, born about 1860 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Mary (42) born about 1859 in Greenock.
Brother: William (17) apprentice joiner, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Brother: John M (15) apprentice blacksmith, born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Self: James (12) born about 1889 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Janet G (9) born about 1892 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises James 51, Mary 53, John 25, James 22 and Janet 19.
Newspaper transcript – Rutherglen. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, 13 Regent Street, Rutherglen, have received official information of the death of their son, Pte. John Robertson (18247), 5th Cameron Highlanders, who was killed by shell fire. He was employed at the spindle works of E. Simpson and Co., Rutherglen, prior to joining the Army. (Unsure as to why the article has his name as John as all other details point to James).