James Brown
Rank: Private
Service No: 60
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 20/07/1916
Theatre of Death: France
Age: 39
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (‘D’ Coy. 5th Bn.)
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Margaret Murray Brown of 194 Mill Street, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Brown, 194 Mill Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Thomas Brown.
1901 census information:
Address: 45 Farme Loan Road, Rutherglen.
Father: Thomas (42) power loom factory drawer, born about 1859 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Margaret (43) born about 1858 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Christina (17) typist, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Self: James (13) born about 1888 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Allison (11) born about 1890 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Margaret (3 months) born about 1901 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – Mr and Mrs Thos. Brown, 194 Mill Street, Rutherglen, have received official intimation of the death of their only son, Private James Brown, Scottish Rifles, who was killed in action of July 20, 1916. Before enlisting he was employed as a clerk with the Royals Scottish Insurance Co., Glasgow.
Also commemorated on the Memorial at St Johns Operative Lodge No 347, Rutherglen and the family headstone in Rutherglen Cemetery.
Headstone reads – Erected by Thomas & Margaret Brown in Loving Memory of their only son Rifleman James Brown 5th Scottish Rifles killed in action in France 20th July 1916, aged 29 years.
*The age on the CWGC is incorrect as James was 29 years old at the time of his death.