Hugh Forsyth
Rank: Private
Service No: S/8479
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 14/10/1916
Theatre of Death: Persian Gulf
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders (1st Bn.)
Cemetery: Amara War Cemetery
Additional information: Husband of B Forsyth of 17 Bouverie Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Bridget Forsyth.
1901 census information:
Address: 25 Bouverie Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Andrew (40) coal miner, born about 1861 in Motherwell.
Mother: Annie (35) born about 1866 in Ireland.
Brother: James (14) coal miner, born about 1887 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Isabella (10) born about 1891 in Rutherglen.
Self: Hugh (8) born about 1893 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Agnes (6) born about 1895 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Annie (3) born about 1898 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Christina (11 months) born about 1900 in Rutherglen.