Alexander Morrison
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 5212
Place of Birth: Glasgow
Date of Death: 19/11/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry (9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Bn.
Cemetery: Etretat Churchyard
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Helen Morrison of 15 Dunard Road, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, 15 Dunard Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Father Thomas Morrison
1901 census information:
Address: 4 Davidson Street, Bridgeton
Father: Thomas (29) spirit salesman, born about 1872 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
Mother: Helen (29) born about 1872 in Lesmahagow.
Sister: Bella (7) born about 1894 in Greenhill, Stirlingshire.
Brother: Thomas (5) born about 1896 in Glasgow.
Self: Alexander (4) born about 1897 in Glasgow.
Sister: Mary H (2) born about 1899 in Glasgow.
Also commemorated on the family headstone in Rutherglen Cemetery and on the memorial in Rutherglen Old Parish Church.
