James Gilchrist
Rank: Private
Service No: 21332
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 09/01/1917
Theatre of Death: Mesopotamia
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Memorial: Basra Memorial
Additional information: Son of the late Mr. A Gilchrist and Mrs. Gilchrist (stepmother) of 2 Victoria Place, Greenbank Street, Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Arch. Gilchrist, 59 High Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Archibald Gilchrist, brother Archibald, and sisters Jenny Allan and Annie Dickson.
1901 census information:
Address: 13 Greenbank Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Archibald (48) van man, born about 1853 in Rutherglen.
Step-mother: Elizabeth (33) born about 1868 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Archibald (20) pastry baker, born about 1881 in Glasgow.
Sister: Janet (14) cotton weaver, born about 1887 in Glasgow.
Self: James (12) born about 1889 in Glasgow.
Sister: Margaret (8) born about 1893 in Rutherglen.
1911 Census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Elizabeth 48, James 22 and Margaret 18.
Newspaper transcript – Trooper J. Gilchrist, Rutherglen. Intimation has been received by Mr and Mrs Archibald Gilchrist, 59 High Street, Rutherglen, that their son, Trooper James Gilchrist, posted missing on January 11, 1917, was killed on that date. He was 29 years of age, and was a grocer with Mr Gault, Buchan Street, Glasgow.
Also commemorated on the memorial at West Parish Church, Rutherglen.