Archibald Morrison
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service No: N/A
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Theatre of Death: Unknown
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots (3rd Bn. attd. 15th Bn.)
Cemetery: Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
Additional information: Son of James and Jane Weir Morrison of Rutherglen; husband of Georgina J Sutherland Morrison of 19 Dunard Road, Rutherglen. Employed with the Sun Life Assurance Co. Glasgow.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, 46 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Executor Mrs. Georgina Jane Morrison.
1901 census information:
Address: 3 Victoria Place, Rutherglen.
Father: James (47) coal miner, born about 1854 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Jeanie (37) born about 1864 in Ireland.
Self: Archibald (13) office boy, born about 1888 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Thomas (10) born about 1891 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Agnes (8) born about 1893 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Charlotte (4) born about 1897 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises James 57, Jeanie 47, Archibald 23, Agnes 18 and Charlotte 14.
Newspaper transcript – Mrs Morrison, 14 Millerfield Road, Glasgow, has received intimation, that her husband, Second Lieut, Archibald Morrison, Royal Scots, died of wounds o the 9th inst. In civil life Mr Morrison was cashier at the Sun Life Assurance Offices, 121 West George Street, Glasgow. He was a member of Alexandra Golf Club, and took a keen interest in all outdoor sports.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw Parish Church, Rutherglen.