William Templeton
Rank: Private
Service No: 222367
Date of Death: 1/11/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 39
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry (85th Bn)
Cemetery: Nine Elms British Cemetery
Additional information: Husband of Margaret Templeton of 15 Greenbank Street, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son-in-law of Mrs Craig, 8 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Canadian Attestation Paper information: NOK Mrs. Margaret Templeton, Waterford, Nova Scotia. DOB 1st April 1873. Trade – miner.
1901 census information:
Address: 5 Francis Street, Shettleston.
Father: John (66) coal miner, born about 1835 in Ireland.
Self: William (28) coal miner, born about 1873 in Bothwell.
Sister: Catherine (24) dressmaker, born about 1877 in Dalserf.
Newspaper transcript – Private Wm. Templeton. Private William Templeton, Canadians, brother of Mrs Allan, Chapel Street, Mossend, has died of wounds in the No. 13 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France. Pte Templeton enlisted in Waterford, in a Nova Scotia Battalion, and as a soldier he made a fine record of himself.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. W. Templeton, Mossend. Mrs Allan, Chapel Street, Mossend, is officially informed of the death from wounds received in action of her brother, Private William Templeton, Canadians. Previous to emigrating he resided for some time at Shettleston.
Also commemorated on the memorial in West Parish Church, Rutherglen.