James Armour
Rank: Private
Service No: S/8474
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 30/07/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders (7th Bn.)
Cemetery: St Sever, Cemetery, Rouen
Additional information: Son of Mr. James and Mrs. Elizabeth Armour, 118 Main Street, Rutherglen. Native of Cathcart.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Armour, 118 Main Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Elizabeth Armour.
1901 census information:
Address: 16 Regent Street, Rutherglen.
Father: James (43) railway clerk, born about 1859 in Cathcart.
Mother: Elizabeth (39) born about 1862 in Cathcart.
Sister: Annie B (17) laundry maid, born about 1884 in Glasgow.
Sister: Elizabeth A (15) hosiery sales girl, born about 1886 in Glasgow.
Sister: Mary (13) hosiery message girl, born about 1888 in Glasgow.
Sister: Agnes T (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
Self: James (4) born about 1897 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Jane (2) born about 1899 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Mr and Mrs James Armour, 118 Main Street, Rutherglen, have been officially informed that their son, James Armour, Seaforth Highlanders, has died at Rouen Hospital, France, from wounds. He was 20 years of age, and was and electrical engineer with Messrs Mavor and Couldson, Bridgeton.