Cecil Beattie
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 9590
Place of Birth: Paisley
Date of Death: 29/8/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders (1st Bn.)
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Soldier’s Effects information: Father John and mother Mary B.
1901 census information:
Address: Spinners Row, Johnstone.
Father: John (50) night watchman, born about 1851 in Strathaven.
Mother: Mary (48) born about 1853 in Johnstone.
Brother: Christopher (19) ?, born about 1882 in Ayr.
Brother: Hugh (16) mechanical engineer, born about 1885 in Ayr.
Sister: Agnes (14) paper mill hand, born about 1887 in Ayr.
Brother: John (12) born about 1889 in Ayr.
Self: Cecil (10) born about 1891 in Paisley.
Sister: Margaret (8) born about 1893 in Paisley.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises John 60, Mary 58, John 22, Cecil 20 and Margaret 18.
Newspaper transcript – Intimation has been received by Mr and Mrs Beattie, 208 Main Street, Rutherglen, that their son, Lance-Corporal Cecil Beattie, Cameron Highlanders, was killed in action on August 29. He was 25 years of age, and served three years in the Army.
Commemorated on the War Memorial in Paisley.