Alexander McKerrol Baird
Rank: Private
Service No: 331421
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 15/7/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn.
Cemetery: Melville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Christina Baird, mother-in-law Janet Barrie.
1901 census information:
Address: Rosebank, Rutherglen.
Father: Robert (47) wholesale jeweller and optician, born about 1854 in Ireland.
Mother: Elizabeth (47) born about 1854 in Beith.
Brother: William J (16) message boy, born about 1885 in Glasgow.
Brother: Adam (14) born about 1887 in Glasgow.
Sister: Maggie M I (12) born about 1889 in Glasgow.
Brother: Henderson C (11) born about 1890 in Glasgow.
Brother: Allan J (10) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
Self: Alex McK (7) born about 1894 in Glasgow.
Brother: Robert I M (2) born about 1899 in Glasgow.
Commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw High School, Rutherglen and East Parish Church, Rutherglen.