James McKittrick
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: S/7778
Place of Birth: Govan
Date of Death: 24/03/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1st/8th Bn.)
Cemetery: Pargny British Cemetery
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs. McKittrick, 25 Cathcart Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Wife Annie McKittrick.
1901 census information:
Address: 50 Mill Street, Rutherglen.
Father: James (43), engine slotter, born about 1858 in Kilmarnock.
Mother: Janet (41) shirt maker, born about 1860 in Glasgow.
Sister: Catherine (13) born about 1888 in Glasgow.
Self: James (12) born about 1889 in Glasgow.
1901 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises James 54, Janet 51, Janet 26, James 22 and John 10.
Newspaper transcript – L.Cpl., J. McKittrick, Rutherglen. Mrs A. McKittrick, 25 Cathcart Road, Rutherglen, has receive official intimation that her husband, Lance Corporal James McKittrick, A. and S.H., was killed in action on March 24, 1918. He was formerly employed with J. H. Carruthers and Co., Ltd., Polmadie Iron Works, Glasgow. He was 29 years of age and leaves a widow and two children.