Hugh Kain
Rank: Private
Service No: 112793
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 07/08/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps (90th Field Amb.)
Cemetery: Coxyde Military Cemetery
Additional information: Husband of Catherine K B Kain of 2 Menzies Place, Rutherglen. Native of Bridgeton.
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs. Kain, 2 Menzies Place, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Catherine Kain.
1901 census information:
Address: 20 Franklin Street, Bridgeton.
Father: Henry (40) framer and twister, weaver, born about 1861 in Ireland.
Mother: Jessie (40) born about 1861 in Cambuslang.
Self: Hugh (17) weaver, born about 1884 in Glasgow.
Sister: Isabella (15) weaver, born about 1886 in Glasgow.
Brother: Henry (9) born about 1892 in Glasgow.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Bridgeton. The family comprises Henry 52, Jessie 51, Hugh 26, Bella 24 and Henry 18.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. H. Kain, Rutherglen. Official intimation has been received by Mrs Kain, 2 Menzies Place, Rutherglen, that her husband, Pte. H. Kain, R.A.M.C., was killed in action on August 7, 1917. Pte. Kain was previously employed by J Brown and Sons, Adelphi St., Bridgeton.
*Hugh’s brother Henry also lost his life in WWI. He was a Lance Corporal in the Gordon Highlanders. He died on 13/5/1918 in France and Flanders. Henry was a recipient of the Military Medal.