David Aitken Montgomery
Rank: Private
Service No: 42687
Place of Birth: Shettleston
Date of Death: 16/04/1918
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots (15th Bn.)
Memorial: Ploegsteert Memorial
Additional information: Son of Mrs. C Montgomery of West End, Kirkmuirhill, Blackwood.
British Army WW1 Service Record information: Address – Garmoyle, Kirn Gardens, Kirn; trade – warehouseman; mother Catherine P Montgomery, 287 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen; brothers – James (33) Townsville, Queensland, William R (29) Montreal, Canada and John B (27) 116 Buckingham Road, Heaton Moor, Manchester; sisters – Catherine (31) 288 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen and Margaret H B (16) 287 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s effects information: Mother Catherine Paxton Montgomery.
1901 census information:
Address: Dargle Lodge, Brownside Avenue, Cambuslang.
Mother: Catherine (58) cabinet makers wife, born about 1843 in Glasgow.
Brother: James (14) born about 1887 in Glasgow.
Sister: Catherine (12) born about 1889 in Glasgow.
Brother: William (10) born about 1891 in Glasgow.
Brother: John (8) born about 1893 in Glasgow.
Self: David (6) born about 1895 in Glasgow.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Catherine 68, Catherine 22, William 20, John 18, David 16 and Margaret 7.
Also commemorated on the memorial at Stonelaw Parish Church, Rutherglen.