Alexander Morton McCrone
Rank: Private
Service No: 40411
Place of Birth: East Kilbride
Date of Death: 19/09/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: King’s Own Scottish Borderers (2nd Bn.)
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. McCrone, 72A Main Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Margaret McCrone.
1901 census information:
Address: 9 Regent Street, Rutherglen.
Father: John (34) baker’s vanman, born about 1867 in Rannock, Perthshire.
Mother: Maggie (32) born about 1869 in West Calder.
Sister: Elizabeth R (9) born 1892 about in East Kilbride.
Self: Alexander (8) born about 1893 in East Kilbride.
Brother: Adam (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Maggie (5 months) born 1900 about in Rutherglen.
Grandfather: Alexander Morton (64) formerly miner, born about 1837 in Glasgow.
Newspaper transcript – McCrone. – In loving memory of Pte. Alexander McCrone, K.O.S.B., who was killed in action, 19th September, 1916.
Often there my thoughts do wander
To that land so far away
Where they laid my dear son Alex.,
Just a year ago to-day.
All deep respect is due to him
From those he left behind;
A better brother could no be
Or a son more true and kind.
– Inserted by his Parents, Brother and Sisters, 72A Main Street, Rutherglen.