George Hastings
Rank: Private
Service No: 33666
Place of Birth: Brechin
Date of Death: 02/11/1917
Theatre of Death: Egypt
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1st/7th Bn.)
Cemetery: Gaza War Cemetery
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Jeanie Samson.
1901 census information:
Address: 22 Southesk Terrace, Brechin.
Father: George (29) flax dresser, born about 1872 in Arbroath.
Mother: Janet (31) born about 1870 in Montrose.
Half-brother: Robert (12) born about 1889 in Brechin.
Self: George (5) born about 1896 in Brechin.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Brechin. The family comprises George 39, Janet 41 and George 15.
Newspaper transcript – Pte. G. Hastings, Rutherglen. Mrs Hastings, 1 Menzies Street, Rutherglen, has been notified that her husband Pte. George Hastings, S.R., was killed in action on November 2. He was 23 years of age, and before enlisting was employed in Messrs. Eadie’s Tube Works, Glasgow.