James Paterson
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 41288
Place of Birth: Paisley
Date of Death: 01/04/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 43
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery (23rd Div. Ammunition Col.)
Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Additional information: Son of Agnes and the late David Paterson of 23 Regent Street, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mrs. Paterson, 23 Regent Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Mother Agnes Paterson.
1881 census information:
Address: Moss Side Cottage, Kilbarchan.
Father: David (34) ploughman, born about 1847 in Erskine.
Mother: Agnes (33) born about 1848 in Kilwinning.
Brother: John (11) born about 1870 in Rutherglen.
Brother: David (9) born about 1872 in Cathcart.
Self: James (7) born about 1874 in Abbey, Renfrewshire.
Brother: Peter (5) born about 1876 in Glasgow.
Brother: William (3) born about 1878 in Maryhill.
Newspaper transcript – Paterson. – Died on the 1st April at Canadian Casualty Station, Cpl. James Paterson, R.F.A., third son of Mrs Paterson, 23 Regent Street, Rutherglen.
Also commemorated on the memorial in Rutherglen Old Parish Church.