James Duffy
Rank: Private
Service No: S/9541
Place of Birth: Cambuslang
Date of Death: 07/04/1916
Theatre of Death: Persian Gulf
Age: 17
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders (1st Bn.)
Memorial: Basra Memorial
Additional information: Son of Mrs. Margaret Duffy of 3 George Gray Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Margaret Duffy.
1901 census information:
Address: Morriston House, Cambuslang.
Father: James (32) coal miner, born about 1869 in Shotts.
Mother: Margaret (36) born about 1865 in Wishaw.
Sister: Jane (14) domestic servant, born about 1889 in Wishaw.
Sister: Margaret (12) born about 1887 in Wishaw.
Sister: Mary (8) born about 1893 in Bothwell.
Sister: Bridget (5) born about 1896 in Bothwell.
Self: James (2) born about 1899 in Cambuslang.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Cambuslang. The family comprises Mary 17, Bridget 15, James 12 and Sarah 9.
Newspaper transcript – Mrs Duffy, 3 George Grey Street, Clydeview, Cambuslang, has received official word that her only son, Private James Duffy, Seaforth Highlanders, has died of wounds. He was 17 years of age, and was employed in Rutherglen Paper Mill prior to enlistment.