George Angus Ninian
Rank: Company Sergeant Major
Service No: 200027
Date of Death: 20/07/1916
Theatre of Death: France
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1st/5th Bn.)
Cemetery: Serre Road Cemetery No. 2
Additional information: Son of the late Thomas M and Mary S Angus Ninian.
Soldier’s effects information: Father Thomas and brother William C Ninian.
Scotland select births information: DOB – 8 Feb 1891: place of birth – Row, Dumbarton; father – Thomas Ninian; mother – Mary Stewart Angus Ninian.
1901 census information:
Address: Pernices Terrace, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire.
Father: Thomas (50) draper and confectioner, born about 1851 in Lochwinnoch.
Mother: Mary (46) born about 1855 in Glasgow.
Brother: William C (16) message boy, born about 1885 in Glasgow.
Sister: Helen S A (14) confectioner’s assistant, born about 1887 in Helensburgh.
Self: George A (10) born about 1891 in Helensburgh.
Newspaper transcript – C.-S.-M. G. A. Ninian, Glasgow. Company-Sergt.-Major George A. Ninian, Scottish Rifles, reported missing on July 20, 1916, is now officially reported killed. Company-Sergt.-Major Ninian, who was 26 years of age, was previously employed in the Central Agency. His parents reside at 7 Carlyle Terrace, Rutherglen.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw Parish Church, Rutherglen.