John Kelly
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch
Service No: S/8512
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 19/9/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (8th Bn.)
Cemetery: Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension
Additional information: Husband of Susan Jane Kelly of Mossview Cottage, Fauldhouse, West Lothian.
Rutherglen Lore Information: Husband of Mrs. Kelly, 111 Mill Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Susan Reid.
1891 census information:
Address: Lightburn, Cambuslang.
Father: Thomas (31) blacksmith’s hammerman, born about 1860 in Maybole.
Mother: Sarah (36) born about 1855 in Bridgeton.
Brother: Samuel (17) born about 1874 in Calton.
Self: John (4) born about 1887 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Annie (2) born about 1889 in Rutherglen.
1901 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Thomas 41, Sarah 43, John 14 and Annie 12.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Thomas 51, Sarah 58, John 24 and Annie 22.
Also commemorated on the memorial at West Parish Church, Rutherglen and on the family headstone in Rutherglen Cemetery.
