George McConkey
Rank: Private
Service No: 333085
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 16/04/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn.)
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mrs. McConkey, 27 Cathcart Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Ann McConkey
1901 census information:
Address: 16 Mill Street, Rutherglen
Mother: Elizabeth (58) house keeper, born about 1843 in Ireland.
Sister: Mary (21) power loom weaver, born 1880 about in Rutherglen.
Sister: Isabella (20) power loom weaver, born 1881 about in Rutherglen.
Brother: William (17) general labourer, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Self: George (15) coal carter, born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript –Pte. G. McConkey, Glasgow. Mrs McConkey 27 Cathcart Road, Rutherglen, has received notification that her husband Private George McConkey, H.L.I., was killed on April 16. He was 32 years of age and was employed at Messrs Stewarts and Lloyds, Rutherglen.